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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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bene cowl
noun
a fine gentleman:
The young bene cowl up in the bene kae us having a party...
20-
.
etymology:
been
‘fine, good’ + Scots
cowl
‘
a man
’;
attested by
DW
in
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