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jowder

jowder is the alternative form of jowter.

Meaning of jowter

Noun

jowter (plural jowters)

  1. (archaic) A buyer and seller of fish, usually operating from a cart or a van.
    • fish drivers , whom we call jowters1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC

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Forms of jowder

pluraljowders

Questions about jowder

What is jowder the alternative form of?
Jowder is the alternative form of jowter.

Words near jowder in the dictionary

  1. jowar
  2. jowari
  3. jowarree
  4. jowarry
  5. jowaur
  6. jowder
  7. jowders
  8. jowed
  9. Jowell
  10. Jowett
  11. Jowetts

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