Meaning of cowp | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A filthy and disgusting place.
   Northern-Ireland, Scotland, slang
2. A reversal of fortune; an unexpected misfortune.
   dialectal

Examples

“Ladies, please⟳ bring⟳ a supply⟳ of bog roll - Studio One is within the five star (!) Hilton hotel, but the bar itself is a cowp and you never know⟳ what to expect⟳ in the lavvies...”

“As often is the case with brilliant but single-minded dusty old academics, his brain was a cathedral but his house was a cowp, something Sarah could vouch for, having visited a couple of times.”

“The Blarney Stone is a total cowp. The bar is made out of chipped Formica and the constant fug of cheap tobacco smoke⟳ just about masks the smell⟳ coming from the lavvy.”

“However, here's our young friend here never heard it, and it will be a treat⟳ to her, especially if what they say⟳ of young ladies in general be true, that the mischances and misadventures and cowps of us old bachelors are just marrow to their bones.”

“It shows man's want⟳ o' fore-seet truly, In not considering matters duly, And gives him monie ill-far'd cowps, Whea, gowk-leyke, luiks not 'fore he loups.”

“After that, whenever a player won of one who usually beat⟳ him, and we asked, "how did you manage⟳ it?" the ready reply⟳ was, "O, I come⟳ a cowp on him." Looking for and executing "cowps" was a source of much amusement at The Morphy.”

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