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‖ vrouw, vrow|vraʊ|
Also 7 vroa, 20 vrou.
[Du. and Flem. vrouw (cf. frow n.) = G. frau woman, wife, frau.]
A (Dutch) woman, matron, goodwife. spec. in S. Afr.
αc1620[Fletcher & Massinger] Trag. Barnavelt iv. iv. in Bullen Old Pl. (1883) II. 285 Ten hundred thousand blessings To him and thee, my vroa. a1700Songs Lond. Prentices (Percy Soc.) 34 The Dutchman will go to the sign of the Vrow where each man may drink his flagon. 1701C. Wolley Jrnl. New York (1860) 55 They seized each other's hair with their forefeet, and down they went to the Sod, their Vrows and Families crying out because they could not part them. 1798A. Barnard Jrnl. 21 May in A. W. C. Lindsay Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 455 We were received by the vrow, the mistress of the house—O house, unworthy such a mistress! 1824J. Paterson in Harp Renfrew. Ser. ii. (1873) 108 Till the riflemen.. raised a din..Which nearly deprived the fair vrows of their breath. 1884Contemp. Rev. Oct. 552 The drinking boors of Teniers or the Dutch vrows of Mieris.
β1791Nairne Poems 129 And Roman dishes, made at Delf, To ornament an old vrouw's shelf. 1827T. Phillips Scenes & Occurrences in Albany & Caffer-Land i. 12 Distance to them is no consideration; the boor put his vrouw..into the waggon,..and sets off to travel five hundred miles, with as much ease as we should ten in England. 1829C. Rose Four Yrs. S. Africa 49 There is the farmer's tall powerful form, his vrouw—in general by no means a tempting lady. 1838W. C. Harris Narr. Exped. S. Africa 14 His doating young vrouw received him with overflowing eyes and open arms. 1887Rider Haggard Jess ii, The Boer and his vrouw treated the children fairly well. 1946Cape Times Weekend Mag. 16 Nov. 27 Yesterday your vrou brought to my store a cupboard that she would sell. 1972A. A. Telford Yesterday's Dress 79 The ‘vrouw’ is wearing the thick quilted cap. |