Touser
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who or that which touses.
- 2 A large coarse apron. dialectal
"He [a correspondent] continues:—‘[‘]If you were in Buryan Church-town this evening, you might probably hear Betty Trenoweth say, ‘I ’ll take off my touser, [toute serve,] and run up to Janey Angwins to cousey [causer] a spell; there ’s a lot of boys gone in there, so there ’ll be a grand courant, [de courir,] I expect.’[…]” The touser is a large apron or wrapper to come quite round and keep the under garments clean."
Example
More examples"He [a correspondent] continues:—‘[‘]If you were in Buryan Church-town this evening, you might probably hear Betty Trenoweth say, ‘I ’ll take off my touser, [toute serve,] and run up to Janey Angwins to cousey [causer] a spell; there ’s a lot of boys gone in there, so there ’ll be a grand courant, [de courir,] I expect.’[…]” The touser is a large apron or wrapper to come quite round and keep the under garments clean."
Etymology
From touse + -er.
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