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souterly en · ADJ

Etymology

From souter + -ly.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Of or relating to souters, that is, to shoemakers.
2. (broadly, obsolete) Vulgar; low.
   • And as too the special bassawes of that proude souterly Sowdan. c. 1534, Thomas More, Works:
   • And the burden-bearing porter, souterly cobbler, and toilefull labourer. 1603, John Florio, Montaigne:
   • You souterly knaves, show you all your manners at once. 1568, Ulpian Fullwell, Like will to Like:

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