howf

English

Alternative forms

• howff

Etymology

See howff

Noun

howf (plural howfs)

1. (Scotland, obsolete) A public house, a tavern.
   • 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Pirate. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 60:

     [A]s this Scotsman's howf lies right under your lee, why, take any port in a storm.

   • 1842, Walter Scott, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Mysell being in the public line, I look for howfs I kenn'd long syne, whar gentles used to drink gude wine

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