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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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carnis-cowl
noun
a butcher
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karnish
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karnish gadgie
etymology:
carnis
‘meat’ + Scots
cowl
‘a man’; attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies