Tis two men fra that wudden-legged gowk o' a Slivers,' said Archie, respectfully.
Have ye nothing more to say than just stand like a gowk and own til it?
And a dour, cantankerous, wrongheaded gowkhe always was.
Child, you are a gowk after all," said Mrs. Catherine.
It came into the possession of the present Laird, when he was in his cradle, puir bairn, and his light-headed gowk of a mother has him away, bringing him up in England.
Gowk drily; adding after a pause, "but you haven't asked me to dine.
