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oose

British  
/ uːs /

noun

  1. dialect dust; fluff

"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

Other Word Forms

  • oosy adjective

Etymology

Origin of oose

of unknown origin

Example Sentences

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The oose, the fruit of the yucca, or Spanish bayonet, is rich, and not unlike the pawpaw of the valley of the Ohio.

From Canyons of the Colorado by Powell, John Wesley

The greatest depth was on an oose bottom, the least a coarse yellow sand.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert

Your yosey cheeks were nets to fade, Oose blush bedan to do; And now I'm welly much aflaid Oose lost oose big yight toe.

From The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza by Fitzgerald, S. J. Adair

And oose a hollow little fing, Oose saw-dust has yun out; Your stweak is gone, oo cannot sing, Oose lips tan't form a pout.

From The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza by Fitzgerald, S. J. Adair

Arl oop wi Moonmo," shouted one big fellow, a miner of the Mendip hills, whose weapon was a pickaxe: "na oose to vaight na moor.

From Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)