sowens
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sowens
1575–85; < Scots Gaelic sùghan, derivative of sùgh sap
Example Sentences
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He could have supped a huge bicker of sowens, and eaten a dozen potatoes; but of what mighty consequence is hunger, so long as it neither absorbs the thought, nor causes faintness?
From Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald
Our sowens are ill sour'd, ill seil'd, ill sauted, ill sodden, thin, an' little o' them.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
Scarcely had he swallowed his twelve o'clock dinner of sowens and oatcake, when he wanted to go and dress himself for his approaching visit.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
Sometimes this word is used for the dish called sowens.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
He can read ony language back or forrit, up or doon, as easy as suppin' sowens.
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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