plough witch
/ˈplaʊ wɪtʃ/(US plow witch) English regional (south midl. and East Anglian ). Now historical
noun
A mummer participating in the celebration of Plough Monday. Frequently in plough-witch Monday noun = Plough Monday Compare plough bullock.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in John Clare (1793–1864), poet, farm labourer, and naturalist. From plough + witch.
- stovepipe
- stovepipe hat
- stovetop
- stovies
- stow
- stowage
- stow away
- stowaway
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- stow it!
- STP
- St Patrick's cabbage
- St Patrick's Purgatory
- St Paul
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- St Paul's Epistle to the Corinthians
- St Paul's Epistle to the Galatians
- St. Peters
- St Peter's Basilica
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- St Peter's fish
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- St Pölten
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