† slawsyn.
Scottish. Obsolete.
A ludicrous term of endearment.
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slawsy?a1513
old crumpet1900
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 107 Tak gud confort, my grit heidit slawsy [1568 gawsy].
Derivatives
slawsy-gawsy n.
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a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 107 My hwny gukkis, my slawsy gawsy.
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n.?a1513- full-face
- full-faced
- full-farced
- full-fashioned
- full-fat
- full-fat milk
- full-fatted
- full-feathered
- full-featured
- full-fed
- full-feeding
- full-figured
- full-filleted
- full-flanked
- full-flavoured
- full-fledged
- full-fleshed
- full-flowering
- full-flowing
- full-foliaged
- full-formed
- full-forth
- full-fortuned
- full-frame
- full-fraught