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Definition of Gowpens
1. gowpen [n] - See also: gowpen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gowpens
Literary usage of Gowpens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Whistle-binkie: A Collection of Songs for the Social Circle by John Donald Carrick, Alexander Rodger, David Robertson (1890)
"O KATIE'S worth gowpens ... O Katie's worth gowpens o'gowd to me, Gang favour,
gang fortune, I carena a flee, My Katie's worth ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"'Double gowpens' as much as the two open hands will hold, put edge to edge. '
They gat gold by gowpens' soon became rich. Grace, advantage. ..."
3. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"With this last comp det er int' godt at grave gull med g'ubn: it is not well to
dig gold by gowpens, quoted by Kok ; and at gribe guld ..."
4. A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases: Collected in Whitby and the by Francis Kildale Robinson (1855)
"Double gowpens," as much as the two hands put together will contain. " They got
gold by gowpens," soon became ..."
5. A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their Etymology, and by John Trotter Brockett (1829)
"GoWPENS, both hands held together in form of a round vessel. " Gold in gowpens"—as
much gold as both hands united can hold. ..."
6. A glossary of Yorkshire words and phrases, collected in Whitby and the by Francis Kildale Robinson (1855)
"Double gowpens," as much as the two hands put together will contain. " They got
gold by gowpens," soon became ..."
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