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Norman
Etymology
From Old French veluotte, from Latin villus (“tuft, down”).
Noun
v'lous m (uncountable)
- (Jersey, Guernsey) velvet
1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 524:Orguillaeux coume ùn pouâis sûs v'louss.- As proud as a louse on velvet.