Gongoozler (noun)
gon-goo-z-lah
An idle spectator.
Specifically one who stands on a bridge and idly watches the activity on the canal below.
Example sentences
“I wouldn’t mind gongoozlers so much if one of them would occasionally open a lock gate for me.”
“I do enjoy a lazy afternoon in the summer being a gongoozler with nothing else to do and nowhere else to be.”

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