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cowps

cowps is the plural of cowp.

cowps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cowp.

Meaning of cowp

Noun

cowp (plural cowps)

  1. (Northern Ireland, Scotland, slang) A filthy and disgusting place.
    • Ladies, please bring a supply of bog roll - Studio One is within the five star (!) Hilton hotel, but the bar itself is a cowp and you never know what to expect in the lavvies...2004 August 17, west-ender, “West End Blues”, in uk.local.glasgow (Usenet)
  2. (dialectal) A reversal of fortune; an unexpected misfortune.
    • However, here's our young friend here never heard it, and it will be a treat to her, especially if what they say of young ladies in general be true, that the mischances and misadventures and cowps of us old bachelors are just marrow to their bones.1860, The Hallow-Isle tragedy, page 77

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Questions about cowps

What is cowps the plural of?
Cowps is the plural of cowp.

Words near cowps in the dictionary

  1. cowpoxes
  2. cowpoxviral
  3. cowpoxvirus
  4. cowpoxviruses
  5. cowproof
  6. cowps
  7. cowpunch
  8. cowpuncher
  9. cowpunchers
  10. cowpunches
  11. cowpunching

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