howf
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 4
/haʊf/
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/haʊf/ · /hʌuf/
Definition of howf
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Scotland, archaic)A frequent meeting place; a haunt; often specifically, a drinking-house or tavern.
“[A]s this Scotsman's howf lies right under your lee, why, take any port in a storm.”
“‘He stayed at home at nights and devoted himself to his books. He even missed a few week-ends in the High Street howffs.’”
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noun
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(Scotland, archaic)A frequent meeting place; a haunt; often specifically, a drinking-house or tavern.
“[A]s this Scotsman's howf lies right under your lee, why, take any port in a storm.”
“‘He stayed at home at nights and devoted himself to his books. He even missed a few week-ends in the High Street howffs.’”
- (Scotland, archaic)A rudimentary shelter, especially one used by a mountaineer; a hut.
verb
- (Scotland, archaic, intransitive)To frequent or resort to a place; to haunt.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots howf (noun, verb).
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