- poor and pown
- Mawdesley GlossaryPoor and polled. Poor and harassed, wrong doers used to have their heads shorn.
English dialects glossary. 2013.
English dialects glossary. 2013.
pown — Mawdesley Glossary to be harrassed. To have had one s hair cut. Poor and Pown an old term describing someone in difficulties … English dialects glossary