- a variation of crowdy.
crowdie
Britishnoun
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a porridge of meal and water; brose
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a cheese-like dish made by straining the whey from soured milk and beating up the remaining curd with salt
Etymology
Origin of crowdie
C17: of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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Rob searches for a closer connection to his family members, hoping to understand their self-sustaining way of life, including fishing for herring, cooking over peat fires and making crowdie cheese.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024
But saw ye ne'er some pingein' bairn As weak as a pitaty-par'n' - Less used wi' guidin' horse-shoe airn Than steerin' crowdie - Packed aff his lane, by moss an' cairn, To ca' the howdie.
From Underwoods by Stevenson, Robert Louis
This frog he would a-wooing go, Heigho crowdie!
From Notes and Queries, Number 37, July 13, 1850 by Various
Csesar and Grannie were at the preaching-house, Nancy Joe was cooking crowdie for supper, and Kate and Philip talked.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir
And yet again:— Willie Warstle, auld Carle, Dottered, dune, and doited bodie, Feeds his weans on calfs' lugs, Sowps o' brose, and draps o' crowdie.
From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Ford, Robert
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