Cowp
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cowp is a noun meaning (Scotland, Northern Ireland, slang) A filthy and disgusting place.
Meaning
(Scotland, Northern Ireland, slang) A filthy and disgusting place.
More Meanings
- (dialect) A reversal of fortune; an unexpected misfortune.
- To fall or tip over.
Example Sentences
It shows man's want o' fore-seet truly, In not considering matters duly, And gives him monie ill-far'd cowps, Whea, gowk-leyke, luiks not 'fore he loups.
The Blarney Stone is a total cowp. The bar is made out of chipped Formica and the constant fug of cheap tobacco smoke just about masks the smell coming from the lavvy.
Ladies, please bring a supply of bog roll - Studio One is within the five star (!) Hilton hotel, but the bar itself is a cowp and you never know what to expect in the lavvies.
As often is the case with brilliant but single-minded dusty old academics, his brain was a cathedral but his house was a cowp, something Sarah could vouch for, having visited a couple of times.
Word Forms
- cowps
- cowping
- cowped
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cockwomble, cockwaffle, cockwad, cowfucker, cumwad, worricow.
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