Frow
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fɹaʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Frow is a noun meaning A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
Meaning
A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
More Meanings
- (now chiefly dialectal) Brittle; tender; crisp
- Alternative spelling of froe (“cleaving tool”).
- (obsolete) A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman.
- (obsolete) A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character.
Example Sentences
Mrs. Frances, a Frow, Daughter to Vanlock
that which grows in gravel is subject to be frow, as they term it , and brittle
1846, Captain Butler, A Glimpse of the Frontier, and a Gallop through the Cape Colony, W. Harrison Ainsworth (editor), The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, 1846, Part 2, page 466, […] on our way we stopped at several houses, our companions having numerous acquaintances among the young frows, to flirt with after their ungainly fashion. Cape Dutch is not the language for love.
Word Forms
- frows
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include frau, woman, mevrouw, femme, wifie, goodwife.
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