What does sowgelder mean?
Sowgelder means (historical) One who spays sows..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) One who spays sows..
The Loone is an ill ſhap'd thing like a Cormorant; but that he can neyther goe nor flye; he maketh a noiſe ſometimes like a Sovvgelders horne.
First he that led the cavalcate, / Wore a sow-gelder’s flagellet, / On which he blew as strong a levet.
Next, old Echepole, the sowgelder, received a blow in his forehead from our Amazonian heroine, and immediately fell to the ground.
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Sowgelder means (historical) One who spays sows..
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The Loone is an ill ſhap'd thing like a Cormorant; but that he can neyther goe nor flye; he maketh a noiſe ſometimes like a Sovvgelders horne.
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