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dewsavell

dewsavell is the alternative spelling of deuseaville.

Meaning of deuseaville

Noun

deuseaville

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) The countryside.
    • Duds and cheats thou oft hast won, / Yet the cuffin quire couldst shun; / And the deuseaville didst run, / Else the chates had thee undone.1707, “The Rum-Mort's Praise of Her Faithless Maunder”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 36

Questions about dewsavell

What is dewsavell the alternative spelling of?
Dewsavell is the alternative spelling of deuseaville.

Words near dewsavell in the dictionary

  1. dewrinkled
  2. dewrinkles
  3. dewrinkling
  4. dews
  5. Dewsall
  6. dewsavell
  7. Dewsbury
  8. dewse-a-vile
  9. dewse-a-vyle
  10. dewshine
  11. Dewuan

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