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Goster Irish Slang N Gossip I Asked Leaning

Word goster (Irish slang)
Definition n. Gossip.
Sentence I asked him again now but he was leaning on the counter in his shirt-sleeves having a deep goster with Alderman Cowley.
Source Dubliners, "Ivy Day in the Committee Room", p. 142

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