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lowseUseful english dictionary. 2012.
lowse — adj., adv. /lohs/; v. /lohz/, adj. lowser, lowsest, adv., v. lowsed, lowsing. Brit. Dial. loose. * * * … Universalium
lowse — Cleveland Dialect List to make loose, untie … English dialects glossary
foot — obsolete British to take money from new employees to buy intoxicants An initiation ceremony, perhaps a shortened form of foot the bill: When he wor lowse on his prentis ship his shopmates footed him. (Treddlehoyle, 1875) A footing … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
sue a beggar and catch a louse — 1639 J. CLARKE Parœmiologia Anglo Latina 72 Sue a begger and get a louse. 1659 J. HOWELL Proverbs (English) 2 Goe to Law with a beggar, thou shalt gett a lowse. 1732 T. FULLER Gnomologia no. 4285 Sue a Beggar, and catch a Louse. 1819 SCOTT Bride… … Proverbs new dictionary
lowsin — ˈlōzə̇n noun ( s) Etymology: English dialect (northern) lowsin, lowsing, gerund of lowse to loose, stop work, from Middle English loosen, losen, lousen to loose more at loose dialect Britain : an act of stopping work seen my last lowsin Charles… … Useful english dictionary
