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In Scotch a coof is 'a silly, dastardly fellow Footnote 8: land Footnote 9: 'friendship' is better than 'Lordshippe,' as euphuistic Footnote 10: 'I thanke your Lordship; (_puts on his hat_) 'tis very hot Footnote 11: 'rather cold Footnote 12: 'and hot--for my temperament Footnote 13: Not able to go on, he plunges into his message Footnote 14: --_takes off his hat Footnote 15: --making a sign to him again to put on his hat Page 256 faith[1]: Sir, [A] you are not ignorant of what excellence Laertes [B] is at his weapon.— The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623
Gin I'd wed--there's a winnock kept bye Wi' bodies an' gear i' her loof-- Gin ony tak her an' her kye Hell glunsh at himsel' for a coof My daddie's na doylt, tho' he's auld The winnock is pawkie an' gleg; When the lammies are pit i' the fauld They're fear'd that I'm aff to my Meg.— Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems
He's but a coof for a 'that:— Evolution of Expression — Volume 1
Hell glunsh at himsel 'for a coof!— Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems
The man's nae coof!— Warlock o' Glenwarlock

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