daw
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of daw
1400–50; late Middle English dawe; compare Old High German taha
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Elsewhere, Botswana and Tanzania played out a 3-3 daw and there were also stalemates between Oman and Egypt, whose meeting ended 1-1, and Niger and Nigeria who failed to score in their match.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2012
The slashes on the hems of her jeans looked suspiciously like daw marks.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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“Well, don’t dawdle. You daw lie, and I’ve spoken to you about that before. Get on o it of here,” Aunt Puss hollered.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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“A miserly daw, who would not risk a crown to save the crown.”
From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
Daw, daw, v.i. an old English form of dawn.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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