lewth

noun

noun

UK /luːθ/

Etymology From Middle English leuþe, from Old English hlēowþ, corresponding to lew + -th (abstract nominal suffix).

‘There wer' a bit o' lewth 'longside stable wall,’ the driver muttered.1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 111:

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