ow

[H]ow did it all start, property and wealth and beauty like that?
What Jane Austen Didn’t Write in ‘Pride and Prejudice’|Lauren Elkin|October 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I wor amaist blinded wi' snow, coming ow'r that confounded heath.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
I went over a-purpose to 'ave a look at it the last 'oliday I took, and I was quite surprised to find 'ow very inferior it was.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 108, April 6, 1895|Various
This alone gives great charm and character to a poem; but we were also to change all words ending in ow into aw.
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland|Kate Douglas Wiggin

Pain yer, en a ketch yander, wid de cramps th'ow'd in, aint no mo' dan ole folks kin 'speck.
Nights With Uncle Remus|Joel Chandler Harris
Curiosity, however, prompts Sorel at this point to an inquiry: "'Ow much 'e goin' pay 'im?"
In Madeira Place|Heman White Chaplin

British Dictionary definitions for ow

/ (aʊ) /

interjection

an exclamation of pain

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