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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1880
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UNSTOWLY, adj. Of persons: temperamental, unstable in character; of weather: wild, unsettled, blustery (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [ʌn′stʌuli]Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 101:
Gin every lass bees as unstowly.
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