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sowkins

sowkins is the plural of sowkin.

Meaning of sowkin

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

Questions about sowkins

What is sowkins the plural of?
Sowkins is the plural of sowkin.

Words near sowkins in the dictionary

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

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