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yowes

yowes is the plural of yowe.

Meaning of yowe

Noun

yowe (plural yowes)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) A ewe; a female sheep.
    • The ram was marked wi' keel at the reet o' the tail an' the yowes upon their hips.1902, James Thomson, Recollections of a Speyside parish

Questions about yowes

What is yowes the plural of?
Yowes is the plural of yowe.

Words near yowes in the dictionary

  1. yowch
  2. yowdrin
  3. yowe
  4. Yowell
  5. Yowells
  6. yowes
  7. yowie
  8. Yowie Bay
  9. yowies
  10. yowl
  11. yowled

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