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collywest

collywest adverb: contrary; opposite; the wrong way round.

Adverb

collywest (not comparable)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Contrary; opposite; the wrong way round.

Forms of collywest

alternative formcollywesson

Origin of collywest

Apparently from Collyweston.

Questions about collywest

What does collywest mean?
Collywest means contrary; opposite; the wrong way round.
What part of speech is collywest?
Collywest is an adverb.

Words near collywest in the dictionary

  1. Collyridianism
  2. Collyridians
  3. collyrium
  4. collyriums
  5. collywesson
  6. collywest
  7. Collyweston
  8. Collyweston slate
  9. Collyweston slates
  10. collywobbled
  11. collywobbles

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