Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
soup .
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Examples
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'Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings, cousin Crosbie -- ye little ken what some of your friends were obliged to do yon time for a sowp of brose, or a bit of bannock.
Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801
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‘Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings, cousin Crosbie — ye little ken what some of your friends were obliged to do yon time for a sowp of brose, or a bit of bannock.
Redgauntlet 2008
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Some have said of me, that I taught, that the saule of man should sleap untill the last day; but I know suirlie, and my faith is such, that my saule sail sowp [431] with my Saviour this nycht, or it be sex houris, for whome I suffer this. "
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Ye little ken what some of your friends were obliged to do yon time for a sowp of brose or a bit of bannock. '"
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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