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- noun Plural form of
sowl .
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Examples
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_ That bhoy, so I was tould by letter from Bombay, bullydamned 'em down to the dock, till they cudn't call their sowls their own.
Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Bombay, bullydamned 'em down to the dock, till they cudn't call their sowls their own.
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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But it was not irony, not a bit of it; just a sense of respect, fine consideration for the poor "sowls," well -- respect, that's it, respect for all human beings; _his_ respect made _them_ respectable.
The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900
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Aifinkso we haz an angreement…..dat iz prowvidid oar eks-huzzbins still haz dere sowls
‘scuze me… can i borrow a flashlight? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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‘Coz dat’s wen teh kitteh fillets teh capshured sowls.
Evil Pantry Kitteh Will Eat ur Soul - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The eversower of the seeds of light to the cowld owld sowls that are in the domnatory of Defmut after the night of the carrying of the word of Nuahs and the night of making Mehs to cuddle up in a coddlepot, Pu Nuseht, lord of risings in the yonderworld of Ntamplin, tohp triumphant, speaketh.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Terence inside, “bad luck to your sowls,” says he,
The Purcell Papers 2003
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Saying: "Th 'Almighty Ring, may our sowls bring this day from Hill's ould slope."
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Afther they've larned to lift their sowls to Higgins, they'll be able to go a bit higher, say to the saints first, an 'thin to the blissid Vargin, an' so on, wan step at a time, till they've got the whole av it.
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Seven cabbage stalks were named for any seven of the company, then pulled up, and the guests asked to come out, and "see their sowls."
The Book of Hallowe'en Ruth Edna Kelley
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