Sow

n.

Heard in Meath and Cavan

An unattractive or ugly-looking woman.

Dah yokes an awful sow

Posh English

Good lord, that specimen is an absolute fright of a woman.

Same phrase, other counties

• Cavan

Related terms

• As awkward as a sow in football bootsExceedingly clumsy, uncoordinated, and awkward in one's movements.
• Costs a mammy sow!To be extremely expensive.
• Sow spuds in yer earsA witty retort to someone who has just said "So."
• Town sowBold or obstinate in behaviour.
• Fall off the ugly treeTo be extremely ugly.
• Fell from the ugly tree and bate off every branchExtremely ugly; worse than merely having fallen from the ugly tree.