nowty
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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An if aw've spokken nowty words At's made thee cry an freeat; Aw've allus suffered twice as mich, An beg'd thi to forget.
From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John
But I'm not a rash man, and I'm not going to be responsible to the master with his temper so nowty and all since Miss Maggie went.
From Hobson's Choice by Brighouse, Harold
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