Sowgelder

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who spays sows. historical

    "The Loone is an ill ſhap'd thing like a Cormorant; but that he can neyther goe nor flye; he maketh a noiſe ſometimes like a Sovvgelders horne."

Example

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"The Loone is an ill ſhap'd thing like a Cormorant; but that he can neyther goe nor flye; he maketh a noiſe ſometimes like a Sovvgelders horne."

Etymology

From sow + gelder.

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