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Definition of Mawks
1. n. A slattern; a mawk.
Definition of Mawks
1. Noun. (plural of mawk) ¹
2. Noun. Hands. Does not have a singular form ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mawks
1. mawk [n] - See also: mawk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mawks
Literary usage of Mawks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1878)
"... vulgarly called "mawks," but seems to cause no inconvenience beyond lessening
the beauty of " the human face divine," induces in the dog an incurable, ..."
2. Stories (1896)
"It's all right, Mother mawks," she said, with an attempt at a smile; ...
Mother mawks, who had been testing the coins Liz had given her by biting them ..."
3. The Folk-speech of South Cheshire by Thomas Darlington (1887)
"OF mail, mawks [mau'ks], s. a mess. ... they'n may a mawks on it " [Ahy ...
See Bailey sv mawks [mau-ks], (1) vo to mess, dirty. ..."
4. Stories by English Authors by Rudyard Kipling, Kipling Collection (Library of Congress (1896)
"It 's all right, Mother mawks," she said, with an attempt at a smile; ...
Mother mawks, who had been testing the coins Liz had given her by biting them ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Molly - mawks' is a frequent variant. Hal. Gloss. Common. May of the meadow, sb.
1 Meadow-sweet, Spiraea ulmaria. Near Sutton Coldfield, on the ..."
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