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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tarrowing, ppl. adj. [Tar(r)ow v.] Of a child; Peevish; displaying reluctance (specif. to take food). —a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 3.
A tarrowing bairn was never fat 1632 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 78.
Let your soul, like a tarrowing and mislearned child, take the dorts 1635 Dickson Wr. 40.
We … were dealt with as tarrowing bairns, to make the meat they refused to be the first they get
