lowan
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lowan
First recorded in 1860–65; from Wemba-Wemba (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Swan Hill, Victoria) lauan
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Grey-haired, robust, 42, she is married to a fellow lowan named Ferner Nuhn, shuttles back & forth between East & West but still writes about home.
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For 26 years it was run as an international banqueting society by Director General Leo S. Rowe, a penny-pinching lowan who invariably served lamb stew to hold down overhead.
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Myron M. Cowen, 53, is an energetic lowan who left his Washington law practice in 1948 to become U.S. ambassador to Australia.
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Van Allen's "Rockoons" could not be fired in Iowa for fear that the spent rockets would spike an lowan or his house.
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Warrigal used to get the lowan eggs—beautiful pink thin-shelled ones they are, first-rate to eat, and one of 'em a man's breakfast.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Rolf Boldrewood
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