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Quotation dates: 1786-1814
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‡COOTIE, Cooty, adj. Of fowls: having the legs covered with feathers (Ayr.4 1928).Ayr. 1786 Burns Tam Samson's Elegy (Cent. ed.) vii.:
Rejoice, ye birring paitricks a'; Ye cootie moorcocks, crousely craw.Kcb. 1814 J. Train Strains Mountain Muse 49:
The cooty cock ahint the door Did clap his wings and craw.
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