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stownlins

[ stoun-linz ]

adverb

, Scot.
  1. secretly; stealthily.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stownlins1

First recorded in 1780–90; stown (variant of stoln stolen ) + -lins ( -ling 2, -s 1

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Stowe, Harriet Beecherstowp