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yowe

British  
/ jaʊ /

noun

  1. a Scot word for ewe

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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An' 'e ligs on 'is back i' the grip, wi noän to lend 'im a shove, Woorse nor a far-welter'd yowe: fur, Sammy, 'e married fur luvv.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

All he said was, 'I ken that yowe.

From Penny Plain by Douglas, O.

Jakke Carter pryes yowe alle that ye make a gode ende of that ye hane begunnen, and doth wele and ay bettur and bettur: for at the even men heryth the day.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

Bobbin-a-Bobbin bent his bow, And shot at a woodcock and kill'd a yowe: The yowe cried ba, and he ran away, But never came back 'till midsummer-day.

From The Nursery Rhymes of England by Various

Therfor i would aduyse yowe as yowe tender youer lyf to deuyse some exscuse to shift of youer attendance at this parleament.

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

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