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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BOOLER, n.2 A bowler.Sc. 1924 R. McMorrine in Scots Mag. (June) 240:
Come on! Come on! She'll shairly come! An awfu' booler, Sandy!w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 19:
The peace an quate wad be shatter't whyles, noo an then,
Wi keen boolers or quoiters intent on thir gemme.
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