howk
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of howk
C17: from earlier holk
Example Sentences
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Tam got my contracts this week, an' I have to gang back into a common place and howk coals.
From The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner by Welsh, James C.
"But we'll help him to his ain, kimmers," cried others; "and before Gossin shall keep the Place of Ellangowan, we'll howk him out o't wi' our nails!"
From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Lodge, Henry Cabot
I find mysel' whiles wonderin' gin I'll see ye the day afore I can gang ower in my mind the graves that's to howk, or gin Birsie's oats are dune.
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
"But we'll help him to his ain, kimmers," cried others; "and before Glossin sall keep the Place of Ellangowan, we'll howk him out o't wi' our nails!"
From Guy Mannering by Scott, Walter, Sir
Let us howk it up again, and send it forth with a new lease of life.
From The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
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