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jowsters

jowsters is the plural of jowster.

Meaning of jowster

Noun

jowster (plural jowsters)

  1. (Cornwall, historical) An itinerant seller or hawker, especially of fish.
    • Presently the jowsters began to bawl out questions to the men who were gathered rather sullenly on deck.1891, Joseph Henry Pearce, Inconsequent Lives, page 33

Questions about jowsters

What is jowsters the plural of?
Jowsters is the plural of jowster.

Words near jowsters in the dictionary

  1. jowly
  2. jows
  3. jowser
  4. jowsers
  5. jowster
  6. jowsters
  7. jowter
  8. jowters
  9. Jowzjan
  10. Joxun
  11. joy

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