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- noun Plural form of
gowpen .
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Examples
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The earth was lifted out in 'gowpens' and carried to the huge dam we have built in karosses (skin cloaks), tortoise-shells, or wooden bowls.
The Personal Life Of David Livingstone Blaikie, William G. 1880
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The earth was lifted out in 'gowpens' and carried to the huge dam we have built in karosses (skin cloaks), tortoise-shells, or wooden bowls.
The Personal Life of David Livingstone William Garden Blaikie 1859
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There 's gowd in gowpens got, they say, on India's sunny strand,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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