howk
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of howk
C17: from earlier holk
Example Sentences
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"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
Ye can howk i' the kebbuck an' howk again As lang as there's kebbuck to pree.
From The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots by Rorie, David
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)
"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
You can howk ony mortal thing out o’ the original Hebrew, the which all ministers hae at their finger ends.
From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
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