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Crowdier vs Crowdie - What's the difference?

crowdier | crowdie |

As an adjective crowdier

is comparative of crowdy.

As a noun crowdie is

gruel or thin porridge.

crowdier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (crowdy)

    • crowdy

    English

    Noun

  • (Scotland) A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water.

    • Adjective

    (er)
  • (nonstandard) crowded
    • (Webster 1913)

    crowdie

    English

    (wikipedia crowdie)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Gruel or thin porridge.
  • *1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 270:
  • *:The old woman shuffled out from the back room with a handful of coal and a bowl of crowdie for the boy.
  • A Scottish form of cottage cheese.