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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1925

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POUD, v., tr. To bump, swing, jostle from side to side (Bnff., Abd. 1966). [pʌud]Abd. 1925 Greig and Keith Last Leaves 231:
He shouled her an' he pouded her Fae back to fore o the wa'.

[Verbal formation from second element of reduplic. comb. showdie-powdie, s.v. Showd, q.v.]

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