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Meaning of dowlas | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, later replaced by calico.

countable, historical, uncountable

Examples

“Mistress Quickly: I bought you / a dozen of shirts to your back. Falstaff: Dowlas, filthy dowlas. I have given them away / to bakers' wives. They have made bolters of them.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

dowle Dowlen Dowler Dowless Dowling down

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