yowie
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of yowie
C21: from an Aboriginal word yuwi
Example Sentences
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“An’ niest my yowie, silly thing, Gude keep thee frae a tether string!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
An' neist, my yowie, silly thing, Gude keep thee frae a tether string!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
An neist my yowie, silly thing, next Gude keep thee frae a tether string!
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan
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