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prettygoodwordworricow or wirricow (or wirey-cow, or wirry-carl, or ... ) - n., a hobgoblin, a ghoul or other frightening beast; a scarecrow.
A Scots term of excellent literary pedigree, insofar as Walter Scot used it. Many variations of spelling. The roots seem to be worry, as in harass, and cow, as in to frighten. I met this with the first spelling, but found more information using the second.
---L.
A Scots term of excellent literary pedigree, insofar as Walter Scot used it. Many variations of spelling. The roots seem to be worry, as in harass, and cow, as in to frighten. I met this with the first spelling, but found more information using the second.
---L.
