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dowie

Or Ƿ·

[dou-ee, doh-ee]

adjective

Scot. and North England.
  1. dull; melancholy; dismal.



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Other Word Forms

  • dowily adverb
  • dowiness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dowie1

1500–10; variant of dolly, equivalent to dull + -ly
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"Hampton is probably the best keeper with the ball at her feet. Technically she starts off a lot of Chelsea's attacking play," said former England striker Natasha Dowie on BBC Radio 5 Live.

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"It's her mentality. Last season, when they lost at Liverpool and they thought they had thrown the league title away, I remember seeing Cuthbert on the pitch crying," said Dowie.

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Libberton's Wynd was also famed for housing one of the city's best-known taverns, which was called The Mermaid before it became Johnnie Dowie's Tavern.

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John Dowie was described in accounts as "the sleekest and kindest of landlords".

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Chairman Billy Hogan, Sir Kenny Dalglish and the respective managers and captains of the club's men's and women's teams also paid tributes, alongside club ambassadors Ian Rush, John Barnes and Natasha Dowie.

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