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jowler

jowler noun: a dog with large jowls, such as the beagle.

Noun

jowler (plural jowlers)

  1. (archaic) A dog with large jowls, such as the beagle.
    • Never saw I bloodthirsty fierceness better depicted than in the muzzles o ' thae ferocious Jowlers(Can we date this quote?), John Wilson (Scottish writer), “Noctes Ambrosianae”, in Blackwood's Magazine

Forms of jowler

pluraljowlers

Origin of jowler

From jowl + -er.

Questions about jowler

What does jowler mean?
Jowler means a dog with large jowls, such as the beagle.
What part of speech is jowler?
Jowler is a noun.
What is the plural of jowler?
The plural of jowler is jowlers.

Words near jowler in the dictionary

  1. Jowetts
  2. jowing
  3. Jowitt
  4. jowl
  5. jowled
  6. jowler
  7. jowlers
  8. jowlier
  9. jowliest
  10. jowliness
  11. jowling

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