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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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baurie been cowl
noun
a fine man; a gentleman
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bene cowl
etymology:
barry
‘big, fine good’ +
been
‘fine, good, costly rich’ + Scots
cowl
‘
a man
’
; attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies