howf
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of howf
C16: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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His erran's deen, as fast as he cu'd spang, hastes to Luckie's howf to join the thrang, An' Luckie smirks her kin'liest welcome ben, Prinkin' her feathers like a tappit hen.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan
Old John Meine’s shop was a great howf of Samuel Rutherford’s all the time of his student life in Edinburgh.
From Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents by Alexander Whyte
Those who frequented this howf, being generally elderly men, have now nearly all departed.
From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by John Hill Burton
We maun to the Aultoun for the howf of that kind of cattle.
From St. Ronan's Well by Sir Walter Scott
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