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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1985
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GOWK, v.3 To kill a hooked fish by thrusting a stick down its throat (Fif. 1949). Also gowking stick.
Fif. 1985 Christopher Rush A Twelvemonth and a Day 100:
Grandfather had told me the same story about the turbot.
I thought of the great lead-weighted gowking stick silencing them as they came thrashing onto the wet slippery deck.
