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Quotation dates: 1820
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¶DOWLICAP, v., tr. ? To pull one's cap down over his head or ears.Slk. 1820 Hogg Winter Ev. Tales II. 42:
Scho branyellyt up in a foorye, and dowlicappyd me.
[The passage is in pseudo-arch. style and the word is prob. a concoction of Hogg based on dowlie-hord s.v. Dowly, + cap.]
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