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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1865
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†TROWLY, n. Sc. form of Eng. trolley, a small hand-truck.Dmb. 1865 St Andrews Gazette (26 Aug.):
The end of a bar of iron, about half-a-ton in weight, was resting on the trowly or barrow.
