Lexicographical Neighbors of Scowp
Literary usage of Scowp
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"scowp, v. to scoop out. ... scowp, N. and W., to boot. ' Ah'll swap thä osses,
an gi' thä a pund tï ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"'I can't scowp ought o' f soort,' cannot accomplish anything of the kind. ...
Saucers are ' scowp-vfa ' in Lady Mary Montague's Letters ; last century. ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire: With Others by C. Clough Robinson (1876)
"scowp, v. to scoop out. ... scowp, N. and W., to boot. ' Ah'll swap thä osses,
an gi' thä a pund tï ..."
4. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"scowp, v. to scoop out. ... scowp, N. and W., to boot. ' Ah'll swap thä osses,
an gi' thä a pund tï ..."
5. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"A draught of any liquor, SB BCOUP, scowp, ». 1. Abondance of room, 8. 2. ...
To SCOUP, scowp, «. n. 1. To leap or move hastily from one place to another, 8. ..."
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