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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1929
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TOLE, adj. Unperturbed, cool. not easily excited or put about.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
He was a gey tole lad; it wad teen something tae pit him aboot.
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