| 单词 |
Dowsabel |
| 释义 |
† ˈDowsabel Obs. An English form (through French) of the female name Dulcibella. Perhaps first used in some pastoral song, whence applied generically to a sweetheart, ‘lady-love’: cf. doll n.1 1.
[1585–6in Winterton Parish Register as Dussable.] 1590Shakes. Com. Err. iv. i. 110 Where Dowsabell did claime me for her husband. 1593Drayton Eclog. iv, He had as antique stories tell A daughter cleaped Dowsabel. a1652Brome Eng. Moor iii. iii. Wks. 1873 II. 48 [Women] Of all conditions, from the Doxie to the Dowsabel. 1675Cotton Scoffer Scoft 75 Give me her for my Dowsabel. |

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