yowe
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Mony a frost and mony a thowe, sune makes mony a rotten yowe.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
Yeo sometimes represents yew, spelt yowe by Palsgrave.
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
Friendly hearers say, "Do yowe try back, Willum, and catch that up at start agin;" and Willum does try back in the most excruciating manner.
From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by Runciman, James
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
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