dowie
Americanadjective
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With stern a-droop, a "dowie chiel," I see him lugged at Beauty's heel, A captive bound on Fashion's wheel, Down Bond Street's aisle, Far from his land of cairn and creel In grey Argyle.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 13, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
It is certain, however, that he became convinced that a bachelor's life was at best a dowie one; and there was another consideration that had considerable weight with him.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
But ere three months were at an end, Lord Wearie came again; But dowie, dowie was his heart When first he came hame.
From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Frank Sidgwick
But he hadna been out an hour, when ane o’ my brothers-in-law called, and I thought he looked unco dowie.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI by Alexander Leighton
Others would bawl out, Wa Tebeeb washka't dowie elmoot, i.e.
From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by James Grey Jackson
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