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Examples
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Charley said he was a "goney," whatever that may be, and Amy advised him to turn his attention to something sensible.
Baby Pitcher's Trials Little Pitcher Stories Carrie L. May
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But the lark's when a goney up with us they shut [8]
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] John S. Farmer
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But some time after, I learned that goney was some seaman's name for albatross.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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But some time after, I learned that goney was some seaman's name for albatross.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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But some time after, I learned that goney was some seaman's name for albatross.
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That are Sheriff was a goney; don't cut your cloth arter his pattern, or your garment won't become you, I tell you.
The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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Now, did you ever see, said Mr. Slick, such a catamaran as that; there's a proper goney for you, for to go and raise such a buildin as that are, and he as much use for it, I do suppose, as my old waggon here has for a fifth wheel.
The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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That 'ere sheriff was a goney; don't cut your cloth arter his pattern, or your garment won't become you, I tell you.
The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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"How the goney swallered it all, didn't he?" said Mr. Slick, with great glee.
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 02 Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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"How the goney swallered it all, didn't he?" said Mr. Slick, with great glee.
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
madmouth commented on the word goney
obscure nautical term for an albatross
June 4, 2009
bilby commented on the word goney
WeirdNet likes gooney.
June 4, 2009
madmouth commented on the word goney
and Melville would give it the same with knobs on.
though who knows--there's talk of flagrant typographical errors in the printing of Moby-Dick
June 4, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word goney
"We all leaned forward to hear.
"A bird," I said. "A cloud. A goney or a cormorant."
He said it was an eye with wings."
Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch, p 111 of the Doubleday hardcover edition
January 11, 2012