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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1904

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MOOL, n.1 Sc. variant of Eng. moil, noisy confusion, turmoil.Gall. 1904 Crockett Raiderland i.:
Somewhere in the distance he divined the mool and brool of the showyard . . . "Cattle shows — faugh!"

[For vowel cf. Fr. mouiller and Brulzie, Tulyie.]

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