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bawsin

bawsin is the alternative form of bawson.

Meaning of bawson

Noun

bawson (plural bawsons)

  1. (obsolete) A badger.
    • This fine Smooth bawson cub, the young grice of a gray.1641, Ben Jonson, The Sad Shepherd
  2. (obsolete) A large, unwieldy person.
    • Peace, you fat bawſon, peace1607, Anthony Brewer?, Lingua

Forms of bawsin

pluralbawsins

Questions about bawsin

What is bawsin the alternative form of?
Bawsin is the alternative form of bawson.

Words near bawsin in the dictionary

  1. Bawnboy
  2. bawneen
  3. bawneens
  4. bawns
  5. Bawsey
  6. bawsin
  7. bawsins
  8. bawson
  9. bawsond
  10. bawsons
  11. bawsunt

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