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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1755
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CAUKLY, adv. Misreading for cauldly, coldly, without enthusiasm. See Cauld.Sc. 1755 J. Fleming Robert Adam (1962) 142:
He drinks nothing but wine and eats more in a day than he used to do in a week and is turned very fat. He'll take but caukly [sic] we hame again.
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