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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1924, 2000

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BOOLER, n.2 A bowler.Sc. 1924 R. McMorrine in Scots Mag. (June) 240:
Come on! Come on! She'll shairly come! An awfu' booler, Sandy!
w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 19:
The peace an quate wad be shatter't whyles, noo an then,
Wi keen boolers or quoiters intent on thir gemme.

[From Bool, v.1]

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