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Meaning of Wo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
wo

Definitions

  1. Obsolete spelling of woe.
  2. A wall.
    Derbyshire, Northern-England, dialectal
  3. Initialism of warrant officer.

Equivalents

Examples

“Such feeble arms, to work internal wo!”
“He stands ahint our wo.”
“Yo may turn up yor noses at me an' th' owd dame, An thrutch us like dogs agen th' wo : Bo as lung 's aw con nayger, aw'll ne'er be a beggar, So aw care no a cuss for yo o-o'.”
“[…] thinkan it ran at him, thrast him up again t' wo, ramm't at him, […]”
“Plantit up agen t'wo”
“Hoo's pluck of a lion an' faces her foe Wi' calm in her e'en an' her beck agen t' wo; Hoo's firm i' decision, stonds up for her reets”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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