Definition of Powsowdy

1. a mixture of food [n POWSOWDIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Powsowdy

pownds
powney
powneys
pownie
pownies
powns
powny
powre
powred
powreful
powrefull
powrefully
powres
powring
pows
powsowdy (current term)
powter
powtered
powtering
powters
powwaw
powwow
powwowed
powwowing
powwows
pox
poxed
poxes
poxier
poxiest

Literary usage of Powsowdy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"powsowdy, c. same as Lamplugh puddin'. Prent, o. print. Prick, B. for fastening clout, and string for tying ; a skewer. ' Sing, sing, what mun I sing ? ..."

2. Holy-days and Holidays: A Treasury of Historical Material, Sermons in Full by Edward Mark Deems (1906)
"Another popular compound was called " lamb's wool " and " powsowdy " was also much in vogue—boiled ale full of roasted apples and toasted bread and raisins ..."

3. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"Power, G. a great deal. ' It's done him a power o' good.' Powl, c., N., Powe, sw a pole ; to clip the hair off the head or poll. powsowdy, G. an ale-posset. ..."

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