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yowley

English

Etymology

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Noun

yowley (plural yowleys)

  1. (dated, Britain, dialect) The European yellowhammer.
    • 1863, Edward Corvan, A choice collection of Tyneside songs (page 56)
      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.

Usage notes

  • Often yellow yowley.

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yowled

English

Verb

yowled

  1. simple past tense and past participle of yowl

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