howlet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of howlet
1425–75; late Middle English; perhaps < French hulotte wood-owl, perhaps derivative of Middle French huler to howl < Germanic; see howl
Example Sentences
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I was both aweary and sleepy and also as poor as a howlet, and all that the wicked witch knew.
From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Alexander Whyte
When you are weary and sleepy and hungry as a howlet, and, Madam Bubble and her three daughters make a ring round you, what do you do?
From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Alexander Whyte
As I stood by yon roofless tower, Where the wa'flower scents the dewy air, Where the howlet mourns in her ivy bower, And tells the midnight moon her care.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
Will the night send a howlet or a bat?
From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Myra Reynolds
Here is another howlet for ye!" exclaimed the impetuous old Knight; "his mother speaks to a Puritan of charity; and thou must talk of law to a round-headed rebel, with a wannion to you!
From Peveril of the Peak by Sir Walter Scott
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