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sowgelders

sowgelders is the plural of sowgelder.

Meaning of sowgelder

Noun

sowgelder (plural sowgelders)

  1. (historical) One who spays sows.
    • The Loone is an ill ſhap'd thing like a Cormorant; but that he can neyther goe nor flye; he maketh a noiſe ſometimes like a Sovvgelders horne.1634, William Wood, “Of the Birds and Fowles both of Land and Water”, in New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England...

Questions about sowgelders

What is sowgelders the plural of?
Sowgelders is the plural of sowgelder.

Words near sowgelders in the dictionary

  1. Sowetans
  2. soweth
  3. Soweto
  4. sowfoot
  5. sowgelder
  6. sowgelders
  7. sowing
  8. sowing dragon's teeth
  9. sowing one's oats
  10. sowing one's wild oats
  11. sowing the seeds of

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