Lexicographical Neighbors of Stowps
Literary usage of Stowps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"... a post-mill ; ie a wooden mill erected on posts, as distinguished from a
smock-mill, qv stowps and rails, mortice posts and rails. ..."
2. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1877)
"The play is over : no more pint stowps ! A silly controversy occasionally arises,
is lulled, and rises again, regarding the expression ..."
3. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"Water stowps had nae ale. Wealth in the widow's house, kail but saut. Well worth
a' good takens. We are as mony Johnstons aa ye are Jardines. ..."
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