stookawn n also stawkin*, stucaun, stukawn [phonetics unavailable]. EDD ~ simpleton Ir; DINNEEN stuacin 'foolish fellow.' Dull stupid person; a careless, lazy person.
1966 Evening Telegram 8 Feb, p. 15 'Get out you lazy stucauns.' P 245-66 Lazy stawkins—a slow, rather idle and tardy person. 1966 Evening Telegram 26 Apr, p. 32 'Don't mind him. If he didn't talk he'd bust. A bigger stukawn never lived.' 1968 DILLON 156 Don't mind him; he's a real stookawn. He can't understand you. Q 73-9 ~ a name often given to a lazy or careless person: 'You're a regular stookawn.'
