Meanings
nounsowkin (plural sowkins)
plural sowkins
- archaicA little soul.
"Well, Jack, how do you like my curosities?" said old Coo. "Upon my sowkins, sir," said Jack, "they're mighty well worth the lukin' at; but might a body make so bould as to ax what thim things like lobster-pots are?"
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 532
Origin
Cite this entry
APA
sowkin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sowkin
MLA
“sowkin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sowkin. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sowkin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sowkin.
Source: sowkin on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.