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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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COOP, n.² A small heap of any soft matter, e.g. mud, manure (Lnk. 1825 Jam; n.Ant. 1924 “N. Antrim” in North. Whig (14 Jan.)).Sc. 1881 Gardeners' Chron. 626–627:
The raking of an adequate quantity of Oak and Chestnut leaves and carting them to the leaf-coop, with which . . . to make up hotbeds, etc.w.Sc. 1865 A. Smith Summer in Skye I. 153:
I noticed . . . hay coops by the river side.Arg.¹ 1937:
Dung applied on stubble is always put out in coops.