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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   healthy; thriving Northern-England, dialectal

   "My farand friends farewell ! so near my heart, / My dowsome cow, my good old mare, and cart !"

Example

More examples

"My farand friends farewell ! so near my heart, / My dowsome cow, my good old mare, and cart !"

Etymology

From dow + -some.

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