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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Scotland) A food item made using the starch remaining on the inner husks of oats after milling.
It was sowens she had in her hand for our supper, when a little old woman walked in and begged a lippie of meal of her.
Use sowens when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sowens means (Scotland) A food item made using the starch remaining on the inner husks of oats after milling.
Common synonyms include flummery.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It was sowens she had in her hand for our supper, when a little old woman walked in and begged a lippie of meal of her.
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