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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1863

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OOSEL, n. Also oozel. A tool of any sort (Rxb. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XI. 136).Sc. 1863 Border Mag. (Sept.) 185:
I leave him . . . all my farmin' oozels.

[Appar. a variant of Hoozle, n.1, 1., with more generalised meaning.]

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