Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SNOOL, n. Only in Gordon. Apparently a mistaken form for snail, phs. from formal confusion with Snuil, q.v.Kcb. 1911 G. M. Gordon Auld Clay Biggin' 46, 167:
The sort o' wuman he needed for a wife was a cheerfu', cantie, bustlin' body, wha wud hae taen him oot frae the shell he crept intil like a snool. . . . They wasna gaun til hae their weans turned intil wee parlyvoos til pleesure the minister . . . mebbe endin' by learnin' tae denner upo' paddocks an' snools.
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