Lexicographical Neighbors of Lowse
Literary usage of Lowse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scottish Reminiscences by Sir Archibald Geikie (1904)
"Bailies 'gang lowse.' Rothesay fifty years ago. James Smith of Jordanhill.
Fisher-folk of the Forth. Decay of the Scots language. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"lowse, free from apprenticeship. ' When Ah's lowse Ah sal gan tï Lunnon an mak mt
... Johnson's gotten a lowse-hand he can len us. ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire: With Others by C. Clough Robinson (1876)
"Koger Ascham (a native of Yorkshire) speaks of lowse grossness. ... lowse-end,
a course of profligacy and idleness. ..."
4. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"lowse, free from apprenticeship. 1 When Ah's lowse Ah sal gan tl Lunnon an ...
lowse-end, a course of profligacy and idleness. ..."
5. Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases, as Used in by B. Kirkby (1898)
"He gat inta bad company, an' he's gian varra lowse an' drucken. ... lowse,
LOWS'NIN—An apprentice whose time is served ; journeyman being attained. ..."
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