ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Flother

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Flother is a noun meaning (Cumberland, Northumbria, countable, uncommon, now obsolete outside placenames) A miry bog.

Meaning

(Cumberland, Northumbria, countable, uncommon, now obsolete outside placenames) A miry bog.

More Meanings

  1. (in UK dialects, uncountable, rare) A state of agitation or disarray, a lather.

Example Sentences

[…] flothers […] The Flothers
Flothers, near Slaley […] f. houses and land, Flothers
They lived in Flother (as Flodder Hall was formerly known).
The Flothers, near Slaley, however, takes its name from a Swamp, that is to say where water flows over, [...]

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include folderol, footle, flome, florimer, floogy, frothery.

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