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v'lous
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Norman
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Etymology
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From
Old French
veluotte
, from
Latin
villus
(
“
tuft, down
”
)
.
Noun
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v'lous
m
(
uncountable
)
(
Jersey
,
Guernsey
)
velvet
1903
, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in
Guernsey Folk Lore
[1]
, page
524
:
Orguillaeux coume ùn pouâis sûs
v'louss
.
As proud as a louse on
velvet
.