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Meaning of linnow | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

Flexible, supple.

Shropshire, dialectal, especially, obsolete

Examples

“Baynyngmaketh the skynne linnowe or soupulle.”
“"I'm as linnow now as ever."”
“Then Rowland got up with a despairing gesture. “I haven't nobody,” he murmured, and went tottering up the stairs. “Lor!” said Priss meditatively, “I thought as the lad wud have⟳ had more spunk in 'im, but he's as linnow as a glove.”

CEFR level

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

linoelaidic linoleic linolenic linoleumed linsey-woolsey lint-free

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