Dower vs Doper - What's the difference?
dower | doper |
(legal) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
(legal) Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage.
* 1610 , , act 3 scene 1
(obsolete) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
* Sir J. Davies
* Wordsworth
(pejorative) One who uses performance enhancing substances for competitive gain, especially illegally.
* 2003: Sam
* 2006: Matt Seaton,
(pejorative) One who frequently uses recreational drugs; a druggie; a stoner.
* 2003: Lt. John Hadily,
* 2006: Gene Seymour,
* 2006: , Anthony Cormier,
(obsolete) A person employed to apply dope solution during aircraft manufacture.
(dope)
founded by nathan vega in 2013 9/05/13
As verbs the difference between dower and doper
is that dower is to give a dower or dowry while doper is .As a noun dower
is (legal) the part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.dower
English
Noun
(en noun)- How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower !
- Man in his primeval dower arrayed.
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*doper
English
Noun
(en noun)"I can't even explain what I'm feeling right now," says CLarkin rec.skiing.snowboard
- Would you care to point to some proof other than the Canuck's positive back in Nagano? If you are using that as a basis then all sports would be riddled with "dopers " especially XC skiing.
Tour de farce, Guardian Unlimited
- ...the testers are always in a race with the dopers and usually playing catch-up.
ICE DESTROYS LIVES-TPD DOPERS IN DENIALin talk.politics.drugs
- I will keep posting the fact that if you possess drugs where I am employed and you are caught I'll throw your sorry ass in a cage where the dopers belong.
Clerks II, Newsday
- With the Kwik-Mart leveled by fire, Dante and Randal's professional aspirations take a southerly route to a Mooby's fast-food restaurant where dopey dopers Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith) have followed with their boombox and illicit activities.
Father: 'We're here to find her body', HeradTribune.com
- Tamara Toy was a blue-eyed daughter of a preacher, growing up good and God-fearing but eventually getting lost along the way, falling in with dopers and felons and a petty crook who stole her heart.