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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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POWLER, n. Something which is outstanding of its type, a Beezer, Palmer.Cai.¹ 1945:
A boy, looking at a big-sized haddock at the quay, says to a companion: “Boy, 'at's a great powler o' a chiel.”