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yowleys

yowleys is the plural of yowley.

Meaning of yowley

Noun

yowley (plural yowleys)

  1. (UK, dated, dialectal) The European yellowhammer.
    • They're just as feerce as untyem'd goats, / An' all liked sowlgers dress'd; / They've a bunch ov hair upon their jaws / Just like a yowley's nest.1863, Edward Corvan, A choice collection of Tyneside songs, page 56

Questions about yowleys

What is yowleys the plural of?
Yowleys is the plural of yowley.

Words near yowleys in the dictionary

  1. yowl
  2. yowled
  3. yowler
  4. yowlers
  5. yowley
  6. yowleys
  7. yowlin'
  8. yowling
  9. yowlingly
  10. yowlings
  11. yowlring

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