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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Five of the best and the brightest in a changing profession In 1869 an lowan named Arabella Mansfield became the first woman to be admitted to the bar in this country.
From Time Magazine Archive
Congressman Jim Leach, a rumpled, Princeton-educated lowan, has formed a Republican mainstream committee to revive the moderates.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inspecting a ramshackle nursery school, lowan Alexander snapped: "This looks like an Iowa pigpen-fix it!"
From Time Magazine Archive
He talked the idea over with Sam Brown Jr., 26, an lowan and former Harvard Divinity School student whom he knew from the McCarthy campaign.
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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