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"etymology_text": "Probably related to cove (“a fellow”).",
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"ref": "1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 212:",
"text": "\"Georgie Gleg is odious to me. He always has been. For all his good heart he's a coof and a simp.\"",
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"(Scotland) An idiot, or fool."
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