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Definition of Sowters
1. sowter [n] - See also: sowter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sowters
Literary usage of Sowters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1891)
"Amends to the Tailors and sowters. ... The Dance of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Jousts between the Tailor and the Sowter. Amends to the Tailors and sowters. ..."
2. Lean's Collectanea by Vincent Stuckey Lean, Julia Lucy Woodward (1904)
"sowters and tailors count by the hour. Spoken when people offer to break company
... K. sowters and tailors count by hours.—Ry. Spae well And hae well. ..."
3. The Cheshire Sheaf edited by Francis Sanders, William Ferguson Irvine, J. Brownbill (1896)
"... on the S.] One londe in the sowters Land [E. ft W.] One londe in the Bake
Brede Londe [N. & Э.—HE ft TN] One other londe in Bake Brede Londe [N. ft S.] ..."
4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1894)
"... and one parcel of land lying in sowters Common Meade, containing half an acre,
with all the rents and profits after the end of the said eight years have ..."
5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (1894)
"... and one parcel of land lying in sowters Common Meade, containing half an acre,
with all the rente and profits after the end of the said eight years have ..."
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