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词汇 howff
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Definition of howff in English:

howff

noun haʊf
Scottish

  • A favourite meeting place or haunt, especially a pub.

    〈苏格兰〉常去之地（尤指酒店）

    Example sentencesExamples
    • James Boswell merrily recorded a typical night out in Edinburgh's teeming howffs in 1772.
    • FEW rockets have had such a spectacular send-off as Hamish Henderson, folklorist, poet and habitue of howffs, who died just over a week ago, aged 82.
    • He was well known for carousing, of course, and described the Globe Inn in the town as his favourite howff.
    • Joe had sneaked to the urn, then hid his filled tea-can under his overalls as he made his way back to the howff.
    • Milne's bar, the legendary literary howff in Edinburgh's Hanover Street, has been given a makeover.

Origin

Mid 16th century (as the name of the main burial ground in Dundee): of unknown origin.
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