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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1935-1938
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CLOOK, v. and n.
I. v. To cower, crouch (Cai.7 1936); to go about with bent shoulders and hanging head; often applied to children when hiding at games, or to hens on a wet day. Found only in the pr.p. clookan, or as ppl.adj. clookan', "applied to a sick animal or person: ill, drooping, pining" (Cai.9 1939). [′klukən]Cai.8 1935:
He's always clookan ower e fire.Cai.8 1935:
A mother, asked how a long ailing child was getting on, replied: "He's clookan roond e placie an' no' lek til mek any more o'd."Cai.9 1938:
That hen is clookan' in the corner.
II. n. A stoop in one's posture, round shoulders, a bent back (Cai. 1975).
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