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dowlases

dowlases is the plural of dowlas.

Meaning of dowlas

Noun

dowlas (countable and uncountable, plural dowlases)

  1. (historical) A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, later replaced by calico.
    • Mistress Quickly: I bought you / a dozen of shirts to your back.
      Falstaff: Dowlas, filthy dowlas. I have given them away / to bakers' wives. They have made bolters of them.a. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, act 3, scene 3

Questions about dowlases

What is dowlases the plural of?
Dowlases is the plural of dowlas.

Words near dowlases in the dictionary

  1. dowitchers
  2. dowl
  3. Dowlais
  4. Dowlais Top
  5. dowlas
  6. dowlases
  7. dowlass
  8. dowlasses
  9. dowle
  10. Dowlen
  11. Dowlens

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