Definition of "gowks" [gowks]

• Plural form of gowk. (noun)

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• "Craigengelt drew his cutlass an inch or two, and then returned it with violence into the scabbard — “Because there is a deeper stake to be played for than the lives of twenty harebrained gowks like you.”"
• "For some time the woman was too much occupied with her task to notice his presence, but when her labour was rewarded by a faint sigh, and a slightly-drawn breath parted the pale lips, she heard a grunt of satisfaction behind her; and turning her head, she exclaimed, "What gowks men are, to be sure.""
• ""My saul," said the king, "ye shall gang roun 'to yere place again: these country gowks mauna ken the riddle without the labour.""