worricow
English
Alternative forms
- wirricow
Etymology
From worry (“to harass”) + cow
Noun
worricow (plural worricows)
- (Scotland) An imp or hobgoblin.
- 1757, Smollett, Tobias, The Reprisal; or, The Tars of Old England, act 2, scene 1:
- Hout na, it canna be our commander Monsieur de Champignon, running about in the dark like a worricow!
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- (Scotland) Anything frightful or grotesque.