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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GOSSOK, n. A derisive term applied by the fair-haired inhabitants of Kirkmaiden to the short, dark-haired descendants of Irish settlers in Wigtownshire.Wgt. 1877 “Saxon” Gall. Gossip 18:
Tradition says they were the descendants of some savages they call the Kreenies, that came over from Ireland . . . The Fingauls assign to them all the eccentricities attributed to themselves, and derisively call them The Gossoks.