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Quotation dates: 1879-1913
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¶GODLOWSE, adj. Godless. Nonce.Sc.(E) 1879 P. H. Waddell Isaiah iii.:
The tounsfolk o' Zioun than awa, men an' women o' them, war a wheen godlowse limmers.Sc.(E) 1913 H. P. Cameron Imit. Christ i. iii:
A guid an' halie man . . . isna weis'd awa be the craikins o' his godlowse wull.
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