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Quotation dates: 1840, 1924
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DROWLACK, DROWLY, n. “A seat to which a rope is attached to let a man down over a precipice” (Bnff. 1916 T.S.D.C. II.; Bnff.9 c.1927): a hammock or swing.Nai. 1840 W. Gordon Poet. Traveller 215:
To Gibbie's kiln they brought them out To swing them in a drowly.Bnff. 1924 Scots Mag. (June) 188:
His wife — the muckle clort — shoudin' in a drowlack!
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