DARE has lots of info on gee and gee-haw. Here is a sampling that I was able to jot down in five minutes:

gee-haw
1. =gee, as command to draft animal (usu. to turn right) [widespread Americanism]
to get going; to operate, as of a motor, "I can't get it to gee-haw."

2. of people, to get along with [chiefly Sth]

gee-hawed - lop-sided, awry [esp. inland Nth]

gee-hawing - going nowhere, working at cross purposes [Ozarks]

gee-horse - the one on the right [N Cent, Gt. Lakes]

gee(2) - to suit, fit; transf. in neg. constr. "That won't gee." [Pennsyl]

These terms are quite widespread, but have been applied with different twists in different pockets of usage!

the Contrarian

Thanks for going to the trouble! I hope Mr Godwin comes back to see what you found.

the Contrarian

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Welcome. And thank you.

DARE, I ask?

> DARE, I ask?

http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/dare/dare.html

Pat--ha! And thanks--I didn't know, either. Even though it's been mentioned here before. Welcome aBoard, by the way; sorry to be so delayed in that.

Mm-thank you too, eta! [hug]

Now who can resist a dare?
Or an etymological snare?
It could be so wise
Or, perhaps, otherwise
But, really, does anyone care?

good info, but why didn't you post it in the original gee-haw thread?

just bein' contrary?

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why didn't you post it in the original gee-haw thread?

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Wouldn't you agree that, in the event, that thread turned into quite an eyesore?

(Or, is that contrarian enough for you?)

the Contrarian

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Now, who can resist a DARE -
An etymological snare?
It could be so wise
Or, perhaps, otherwise
But, really, does anyone care?

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No offense, plutarch, but are you the official Poetaster Laureate in these parts? (Or, where is a Bonfire of the Vanities when you really need one?)

the Contrarian

Hey, I'm just trying to show that I do care!

(How'm I doin', etaoin?)

the Contrarian

official Poetaster Laureate

Nothing "official" or "laureate" about it, theContratrian. Just a nonsense poem.* [Nothing to do with "DARE" so I removed the caps.]

You're doin' good, theContrarian.

There's nothing like a contrarian to liven things up. And I don't mean anything contrary in that either. :)

* Now here's a master:

There Was an Old Man with a Beard

There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared! --
Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard.

-- Edward Lear