daw

Chattaway's worst enemy could not fairly blame him with reference to the fate of Rupert: but Mr. Daw was in a hasty mood.
Trevlyn Hold|Mrs. Henry Wood
Scarcely any of its painful features were apparent; and Mr. Daw wrote word that they had not been in his father.
Trevlyn Hold|Mrs. Henry Wood
Mr. Daw showed no signs of resenting the incipient insolence; on the contrary, his voice took a kind and sympathising tone.
Trevlyn Hold|Mrs. Henry Wood
He got me to lend him my pen and ink, and wrote a letter to that there foreign gentleman, Mr. Daw.
Trevlyn Hold|Mrs. Henry Wood

"I can see it, for your sparks are gone," said Mr. Daw, glumly looking his friend over from head to foot as he pocketed the ten.
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford|George Randolph Chester

British Dictionary definitions for daw

daw

/ (dɔː) /

noun

an archaic, dialect, or poetic name for a jackdaw

Word Origin for daw

C15: related to Old High German taha

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