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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Doup(e, v.2 [Later Sc. and north. Eng. dial. doup, doop.] intr. To stoop, bend down. —1694 Lanark Presb. 118.
John McWat came to the byer door, and halted a little, … and then came douping in
