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Definition of Crowdies
1. crowdy [n] - See also: crowdy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crowdies
Literary usage of Crowdies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Oatmeal in crowdies and hasty-pudding (provincially meal-hail) for
breakfast."—Mackenzie, History of Northumberland, vol. i., p. 2o1. ..."
2. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"... For wae and wae! the crowdies loup O'er jouk an' hallan, braw an' baith Where
ance the ..."
3. A Whimsey Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1906)
"... For wae and wae! the crowdies loup O'er jouk an' Italian, braw an' baith Where
ance the ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"Timid; sickly. West. CROWDY, ». A mess of oatmeal mixed with milk. North.
Besides a great lump of beef boiled, And they may get crowdies who please. ..."
5. The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1824)
"... crowdies and hasty pudding. Coal is almost the only lei that is used.
Education.—One meets with a number of unlettered old peor pie in this vale; ..."
6. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"... will be pies and spice dumplings, And they may get crowdies who please.
To eat of such good things as these are, I'm sure, you've but seldom the luck. ..."
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