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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cowclink, n. Also: -clynk; kow-, coclink. [Of obscure formation.] A courtesan.c1500-c1512 Dunb. lv. 26.
I saw cowclinkis [M. coclinkis] me besyd, The ȝoung men to thair howses gyd 1540 Lynd. Sat. 1315 (B).
This is ane grit dispyt, I think, For to ressaif sic ane cowclynk [Ch. kow clink] Ib. 3656.
This halie priores is turned into ane cowclink 1560 Rolland Seven S. 6411.
Thow common curst cowclink Ib. Epil. 45.
Amang cowclinkis and commoun hures

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