Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1845
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CAWN, adj. Cunning. Not known to our correspondents.Edb. 1845 F. W. Bedford Hist. Geo. Heriot's Hospital (1859) 345:
Boyle is a cawn soul, and fu' o' mischief.