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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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†WOOSTER, n. Also wooester. A wooer, a suitor (Gall. 1825 Jam.). Also attrib., as wooster-daffin, -tryste. Orig. and chiefly in Allan Cunningham.Dmf. 1809 Scots Mag. (March) 208:
While wooster Jock, wi' gloomie glowr, Bang't up the mutchkin pingle O.Dmf. 1810 R. Cromek Remains 121, 180:
Come like a blythe wooster . . . She was the blythest ay o' the blythe At wooster-trystes or Halloween.Dmf. 1822 A. Cunningham Tales II. 59:
Bless me, lassie, this is a fearful night to have love-trystes and wooester-daffin in.Slk. 1824 Hogg Tales (1874) 361:
Seeing other woosters beiking their shins at the ingle.Edb. 1864 W. Fergusson Songs 82:
To siclike phrase, sic wooster ways, My love she pays but small regard.
