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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!
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