crowdy
crowdy Devine uses _our_ (our "coady"; our "scun") in a laconic way. He glosses a general word he found somewhere, and then translates it into local vernacular. He senses a relation between _crowdy_ and _coady_. crowdie OED 1 Now obs or only traditionally known. 1668-1862 EDD doz...
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| Summary: | crowdy Devine uses _our_ (our "coady"; our "scun") in a laconic way. He glosses a general word he found somewhere, and then translates it into local vernacular. He senses a relation between _crowdy_ and _coady_. crowdie OED 1 Now obs or only traditionally known. 1668-1862 EDD dozens of cites OSup² 3 cites NID Query file? [check] G. Not used Not used Queried Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 12 Jul 2016 |
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