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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

B1
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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