"moudiewart" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: moudiewarts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} moudiewart (plural moudiewarts)
  1. (Scotland) A mole (burrowing rodent). Tags: Scotland Categories (lifeform): Soricomorphs Synonyms: moudiewark
    Sense id: en-moudiewart-en-noun-C8GCF6X7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scottish English

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Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1853, David Macbeth Moir, The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith, page 96:",
          "text": "It's an unyearthly kind of trade, turning night intil day, and working like moudiewarts in the dark, when decent folks are in their beds sleeping—And so, as I was saying, ye see, it happened ae Sunday night that a chap cam to the back door; and the mistress too heard it.",
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          "ref": "1925, Alexander Keith, Last leaves of traditional ballads and ballad airs, page 255:",
          "text": "O gin my sons were moudiewarts To hide into the earth, O gin my head lay in the mools Ere I had gien them birth !",
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        "A mole (burrowing rodent)."
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