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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
CATTER-WOWER, KATTERWOWER, v. and n. comb. Sc. variant of Eng. caterwaul, n. and v. (Sc. 1911 S.D.D., catter-wower); extended in quot. to mean a cat.Fif. [1875] A. Burgess Poute (1890) 9:
One wurd and dune: if Mistress Poute must keep a katterwower — It must cum in at tyme o' nicht, and keep a decent howr.
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