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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cowll, n. [Cf. Eng. cull (1698) and Coulie.] A fellow. —1665 Lauder Journal 90.
The lads … would have given him sick a slap on the face that the cowll would have bein almost like to greit
