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nounyowley (plural yowleys)
plural yowleys
- UKdateddialectalThe 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
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