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dowsabel

dowsabel noun: sweetheart.

Noun

dowsabel (plural dowsabels)

  1. (archaic, endearing) Sweetheart.
    • Where is that dawdling dowsabel.1990, John Frederick Nims, Sappho to Valéry : poems in translation, page 111
    • "My sweet! My innocent! My dowsabel!" cried Sally. "Has some blaggard trifled with you?"2005, Lisa Noeli, Waltz with a rogue, page 224

Forms of dowsabel

pluraldowsabels

Questions about dowsabel

What does dowsabel mean?
Dowsabel means sweetheart.
What part of speech is dowsabel?
Dowsabel is a noun.
What is the plural of dowsabel?
The plural of dowsabel is dowsabels.

Words near dowsabel in the dictionary

  1. dowry death
  2. dowry deaths
  3. dowrying
  4. dowryless
  5. dows
  6. dowsabel
  7. dowsabels
  8. dowse
  9. dowsed
  10. dowser
  11. dowsers

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