"auld wife" meaning in Scots

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Noun

Forms: auld wifes [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|auld wifes|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=auld wife}} auld wife (plural auld wifes), {{sco-noun|head=auld wife}} auld wife (plural auld wifes)
  1. old woman Categories (topical): People Synonyms (old woman): cailleach
    Sense id: en-auld_wife-sco-noun-m7ggBMhg Disambiguation of People: 70 0 30 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 5 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 3 8 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 80 2 18 Disambiguation of 'old woman': 100 0 0
  2. gossip
    Sense id: en-auld_wife-sco-noun-3XOi98eY
  3. rotating chimney-cowl
    Sense id: en-auld_wife-sco-noun-s9wNJAgZ

Inflected forms

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      ],
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    {
      "sense": "old woman",
      "word": "cailleach"
    }
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