Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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¶TOWDIE, n. A young unmarried woman, a lass.Sc. 1885 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 213:
Only look at the towdie, sir, how she swings sae granly roun?
