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sowkin

sowkin noun: a little soul.

Noun

sowkin (plural sowkins)

  1. (archaic) A little soul.
    • "Well, Jack, how do you like my curosities?" said old Coo. "Upon my sowkins, sir," said Jack, "they're mighty well worth the lukin' at; but might a body make so bould as to ax what thim things like lobster-pots are?"1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 532

Forms of sowkin

pluralsowkins

Origin of sowkin

Equivalent to soul + -kin.

Questions about sowkin

What does sowkin mean?
Sowkin means a little soul.
What part of speech is sowkin?
Sowkin is a noun.
What is the plural of sowkin?
The plural of sowkin is sowkins.

Words near sowkin in the dictionary

  1. sowing the seeds of
  2. sowings
  3. sowins
  4. Sowinski
  5. Sowinskis
  6. sowkin
  7. sowkins
  8. sowl
  9. sowle
  10. sowled
  11. sowles

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