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Gowpen means (chiefly Scotland) A bowl made of the two hands cupped together..
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/ˈɡaʊpən/ · noun
(chiefly Scotland) A bowl made of the two hands cupped together..
it was ordered by Marina, who had it framed and set up in her bedroom next to a picture of her brother at twelve or fourteen clad in a bayronka (open shirt) and cupping a guinea pig in his gowpen (hollowed hands) […]
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Gowpen means (chiefly Scotland) A bowl made of the two hands cupped together..
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it was ordered by Marina, who had it framed and set up in her bedroom next to a picture of her brother at twelve or fourteen clad in a bayronka (open shirt) and cupping a guinea pig in his gowpen (hollowed hands) […]
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