Cawer
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who caws, such as or like a bird.
"The Keep within side … a Co(l)lony of Jackdaws have been there many years—I dare say I have seen many a descendant of some old cawer who peeped through the Bars at Charles the first, when he was there in Confinement."
Example
More examples"The Keep within side … a Co(l)lony of Jackdaws have been there many years—I dare say I have seen many a descendant of some old cawer who peeped through the Bars at Charles the first, when he was there in Confinement."
Etymology
From caw + -er.
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