Gowpen

//ˈɡaʊpən// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bowl made of the two hands cupped together. Scotland

    "it was ordered by Marina, who had it framed and set up in her bedroom next to a picture of her brother at twelve or fourteen clad in a bayronka (open shirt) and cupping a guinea pig in his gowpen (hollowed hands) […]"

Synonyms

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yepsen

Example

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"it was ordered by Marina, who had it framed and set up in her bedroom next to a picture of her brother at twelve or fourteen clad in a bayronka (open shirt) and cupping a guinea pig in his gowpen (hollowed hands) […]"

Etymology

From Old Norse gaupn (“hollow made by cupped hands”). Doublet of yepsen.

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