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dowlass

dowlass is the alternative form 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

Forms of dowlass

pluraldowlasses

Questions about dowlass

What is dowlass the alternative form of?
Dowlass is the alternative form of dowlas.

Words near dowlass in the dictionary

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

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