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Dowry vs Poo - What's the difference?

dowry | poo |

As nouns the difference between dowry and poo

is that dowry is payment, as property or money, of a bride’s inheritance by her family to the groom or his family at the time of marriagegary ferraro & susan andreatta, cultural anthropology , 8th edn (belmont, cal: wadsworth, 2010), 223 while poo is (countable|colloquial|often|childish) excrement; faecal matter.

As verbs the difference between dowry and poo

is that dowry is to bestow a dowry upon while poo is (colloquial|often|childish) to defecate.

As an interjection poo is

(colloquial|euphemistic) expression of displeasure or failure; shit!.

dowry

English

(wikipedia dowry)

Noun

(dowries)
  • Payment, as property or money, of a bride’s inheritance by her family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.Gary Ferraro & Susan Andreatta, Cultural Anthropology , 8th edn. (Belmont, Cal: Wadsworth, 2010), 223.
  • Antonyms

    * dower * bride price

    Hypernyms

    * marriage portion

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To bestow a dowry upon.
  • * 1999 , Judith Everard, ?Michael C. E. Jones, Charters Duchess Constance Br , Page xvi
  • * 2013 Noreen Giffney, ?Margrit Shildrick, Theory on the Edge: Irish Studies and the Politics of Sexual Difference , Page 62
  • * 1911 , Aida Rodman De Milt, Ways and Days Out of London , Page 108
  • * 1976 , Graham Anderson, Studies in Lucian's Comic Fiction , Page 19
  • See also

    * glory box * hope chest * trousseau

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    poo

    English

    Noun

  • (countable, colloquial, often, childish) Excrement; faecal matter.
  • (uncountable, slang) Marijuana resin.
  • (uncountable, slang) champagne
  • Who wants another glass of poo ?

    Synonyms

    * (excrement) crap, dung, feces, poop, shit (vulgar), shite, turd * See also

    Coordinate terms

    * pee

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial, often, childish) To defecate.
  • Coordinate terms

    * pee

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (colloquial, euphemistic) Expression of displeasure or failure; shit!
  • Synonyms

    * See also * shit

    Anagrams

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