lowrie

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noun

A fox.

UncommonScrabble 9

Meanings

lowrie1

nounlowrie (plural lowries)

plural lowries

  1. ScotlandA fox.

    Cum furth, lowrie, lurkand vnder thy hude.

    1571, The Morall fabillis of Esope compylit be Maister Robert Henrisoun
    2 more examples

    The monarch pleas'd with Lowry, wha durſt gloom? A warrant's order'd for a good round ſum,

    1761, Allan Ramsay, The Fox and Rat

    Has greedy lowrie been amang thy ſheep / Or does ſome thrawart laſs diſturb thy ſleep?

    1789, Sillar, David, Poems, by David Sillar. 1789

    Synonyms: laurence, lowrance

Lowrie2

proper nounLowrie (plural Lowries)

plural Lowries

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fox.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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