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worricows

worricows is the plural of worricow.

Meaning of worricow

Noun

worricow (plural worricows)

  1. (Scotland) An imp or hobgoblin.
    • Hout, na! it canna be our commander Monſieur de Champignon, running about in the dark like a worricow!1757, [Tobias Smollett], The Reprisal: Or, The Tars of Old England. […], London: […] R[oberts] Baldwin, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 26
  2. (Scotland) Anything frightful or grotesque.

Questions about worricows

What is worricows the plural of?
Worricows is the plural of worricow.

Words near worricows in the dictionary

  1. worreted
  2. worreting
  3. worrets
  4. worriable
  5. worricow
  6. worricows
  7. worried
  8. worried along
  9. worried back
  10. worried down
  11. worried someone sick

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