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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hubbilschow, Hobillschowe, n. [Northern e.m.E. hubbleschowe (1570), hubleshow, hobleshew; current in varying forms in later northern Eng. and Sc. dialects. Cf. early mod. Flem. hobbel-sobbel, -tobbel, adv. ‘confusedly, in an uproar’.] A hubbub, tumult, confused uproar. Also as an exclamation. —c1500 Crying of Play i.
Harry, harry, hobillschowe [B. hubbilschow], Se quha is cummyn now … With the quhorle wynd 1573 Sat. P. xlii. 754.
As schortly in Fyfe micht bene sene, Quhat hubbilschow thair maist haue bene For the displacing of ane pastour
