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COONCIL, n. A council, local authority. Also attrib. See also council house.
Add Deriv.: cooncillor, A councillor.wm.Sc. 1954 Robin Jenkins The Thistle and the Grail (1994) 9:
"Ask his faither," added one of Nuneaton's cronies. "Ask the auld cooncillor."wm.Sc. 1985 Liz Lochhead Tartuffe 22:
Bar the cooncillor's wife who, wi' propriety
Will tak' you ben the parlour, dust the chair
Afore she says "Noo park your erse doon there".m.Sc. 1990 Times 28 Jan :
'Folk here dinnae want opera, ' she insisted. 'It's a bluidy disgrace the money thae cooncillors are spendin' tae hear some fat Tally singin' Jist Wan Cornetto. Ah'm no' a racist, by the way!'Sc. 1992 Herald 27 Feb 26:
Before the cooncillors on Strathclyde Region's education committee got round to considering absence cover and sacking 220 teachers at last week's special meeting the chairman, Cooncillor Ian Davidson, had a kind word for Drew Morrice, an EIS rep on the committee.Sc. 1997 Scotland on Sunday 9 Feb 20:
What worries the Labour leadership is that trades union 'brars' and toon cooncillors might crowd them out.m.Sc. 1997 Liz Niven Past Presents 18:
A'll no get answers fae a big fat book.
Mind A could get them fae thon wee fat cooncillor
Bit he only cums oot in May.w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 12:
Were Cooncillors ti close oor closet,
it's thaim'll loss their next 'deposit'.
