soople

adj — 2 senses

soople

adj
  • "Anither New Sang" http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/16459/criteria/fishing Ye think our questions to evade, An weel ye ken that soople trade, But Saunder's isna just the blade, That ye can flam wi' butter.
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Dialectal suitable

  • Patrick O'Brian, "Master and Commander" He's a right scholar, can write so small you can scarcely see it; younger nor I am, and more soople, sir, oh, far more soople.

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