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dowsabel
[ dou-suh-bel ]
dowsabel
/ ˈdaʊs-; ˈduːsəˌbɛl /
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Origin of dowsabel1
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Example Sentences
Mistress Dowsabel is younger, smaller, less fearsome to the eye; indeed she is timorous and often full of fears herself.
"Thou thinkest me a sad coward, sister; and so perchance I am," said meek Mistress Dowsabel.
It is no such heavy charge I would lay upon thee, yet it is one that thy aunt Dowsabel would fear to undertake.
Mistress Dowsabel wept feebly for a short while, and seemed disposed to start and tremble at every sound.
"I am glad to leave thee with thy aunt Dowsabel, child," said Lady Humbert before she left.
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