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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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CLOW, n.5 A (young) sea-gull (Fif. 1975). Also in comb. clow-maw (Id.). [klʌu] Fif. 1985 Christopher Rush A Twelvemonth and a Day 263:
I have made no attempt to let the sounds of the East Neuk's rich old dialects into these pages. They would not be understood, even by the young Fifers of today, who call a gull a gull, and not a 'clow' or a 'coorie' or a 'cuttie' or a 'maw'.
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