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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1924

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TYAUPEN, n. A stupid lubberly person.Sc. 1924 Scots Mag. I. 56:
“A muckle tyaupen” is a vulgarised form of “capon” but applied to a person in the sense of feckless, soft, stupid.

[Not as explained in quot. but a palatalised variant of Taupin, n., 2.]

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