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
Example Sentences
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Inspecting a ramshackle nursery school, lowan Alexander snapped: "This looks like an Iowa pigpen-fix it!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Turner, a sandy-haired lowan, started out in 1956 as a short-order cook, frying burgers at Ray Kroc's first McDonald's restaurant outside Chicago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Colonel Paul Grossheim, a big, stone-faced lowan with a master's degree in criminology and penology.
From Time Magazine Archive
She does not feel the same about Herbert Hoover, her fellow lowan.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Boldrewood, Rolf
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