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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1932
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SOORAVOOLIC, n. One who cadges for food or drink, a sponger, one who courts a girl for her dowry, a “chancer” (Arg. 1936 L. McInnes S. Kintyre 12). [surə′vulək]Arg. 1932:
For guidsake gie that sooravoolic a dram an' no hae him hingin aboot the place half the nicht. . . . Him! he's naethin but a sooravoolic: he's efter the lass for her siller.
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