Linnow
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Linnow is an adjective meaning (dialectal, especially Shropshire, Montgomeryshire, Worcestershire, obsolete) Flexible, supple.
Meaning
(dialectal, especially Shropshire, Montgomeryshire, Worcestershire, obsolete) Flexible, supple.
Example Sentences
"I'm as linnow now as ever."
Baynyngmaketh the skynne linnowe or soupulle.
Then Rowland got up with a despairing gesture. “I haven't nobody,” he murmured, and went tottering up the stairs. “Lor!” said Priss meditatively, “I thought as the lad wud have had more spunk in 'im, but he's as linnow as a glove.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lishey, lither, lennock, lush, lissom, lissome.
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