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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1831-1832

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DROUL, n. Used in phr. dust and droul, = something of no importance.Slk. a.1832 Hogg Poems (1865) 343:
She deems the birds on bush and tree, As nothing but dust and droul to me.

[? A back-formation from Drulie, muddy, q.v.]

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