bawn

[ bawn ]

/ bɔn /

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noun Newfoundland.

a rocky stretch of foreshore on which caught fish are laid out to dry.

a patch of grassland or meadow near a dwelling.

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Origin of bawn

1530–40; Hiberno-English <Irish bábhún (earlier spelling badhbhdhún, badhún) enclosure, perhaps equivalent to ba, plural of bó cow + dún fort; see cow¹, town

Words nearby bawn

bawdry, bawdy, bawdyhouse, bawl, bawl out, bawn, bawneen, Bax, B-axis, Baxter, bay

Example sentences from the Web for bawn

I allow ennybody's a bawn fool gits ketched twice runnin' ther same way.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
"Strues I'm bawn, I b'lieve he's done gone to sleep like ole Miss—he's settin' thar so still," she said.
The Cromptons|Mary J. Holmes
Ah wuz bawn in slavery, in spir'chual slavery; de good Lawd done riz me to freedom.
Mountain|Clement Wood
The Colleen Bawn is a tissue of improbabilities and extravagances.
The English Stage|Augustin Filon

"Then I shall write to Mr. Dent himself," said Mrs. Bawn indignantly.
The Pastor's Wife|Elizabeth von Arnim

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