Definition of "cowans" []

• Plural form of cowan. (noun)

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• "In these surrogate families the free with their bodies and usually stoned or drunk women found more acceptance and support than the outer world (the so-called cowans) ever gave them and more importantly they found non-judgmental validation of the ever escalating addictions and self-destructive behaviors they displayed."
• "A quick visit by helicopter and the interjection of a polite, armed “heavy” might be enough to deter intruders, “cowans.”"
• "The gun was the shoot-to-kill weapon of a KGC sentinel, of W. D. Ashcraft, who had lived in Section 33, and who had been assigned to kill cowans on sight, questions asked later."