Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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STOWFIE, adj. Also reduced form stowff. Sturdily-built, stocky, stout, stolid (Bnf., Abd. 1971).Gsw. 1844 J. Lemon St Mungo 48:
We then war saikless stowfie bairns.Gsw. 1873 A. G. Murdoch Doric Lyre 12:
I pickit up my stowfie stick.Slg. 1885 A. Murray Poems 19:
She wasna' stowff, nor unco tall, Nor was she spider-waist, or small.Sc. 1952 Scots Mag. (Jan.) 270:
A stowfie carl wi' loupin' e'en.
