lowse
Americanadjective
adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012verb
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(tr) to release; loose
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(intr) to finish work
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the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
Etymology
Origin of lowse
a Scot variant of loose
Example Sentences
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Folks gether in fra far an near, When it is Feoffee-Day; An think they hev another lowse Wi t’little bit o’ pay.
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"My lord, she begs some o' your bread,165 Bot and a cup o' your best wine, And bids you mind the lady's love That ance did lowse ye out o' pyne."
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"Ye'll bid him send me a piece of bread,145 Bot and a cup of his best wine; And bid him mind the lady's love That ance did lowse him out o' pyne."
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He was a "tight built, streight, beàny mak' iv a fellow, withoot a particle o' lowse flesh aboot him."
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Thus go the cries where they do house them, First they come to the grate, and then they go lowse them.
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