worricow
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From worry (“to harass”) + cow.
Noun
[edit]worricow (plural worricows)
- (Scotland) An imp or hobgoblin.
- 1757, [Tobias George Smollett], The Reprisal: Or, The Tars of Old England. […], London: […] R[oberts] Baldwin, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i:
- Hout, na! it canna be our commander Monſieur de Champignon, running about in the dark like a worricow!
- (Scotland) Anything frightful or grotesque.