puckaun

English

Alternative forms

• puckawn

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish pocán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌkɔːn/

Noun

puckaun (plural puckauns)

1. (Ireland) A he-goat.
   • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:

     Riley's puckaun again, said Mr. Nolan, I can smell him from here.