cowp

cowp
I
Scottish Vernacular Dictionary
noun: rubbish dump.
Example:"Clean your room up, it looks like a bloody cowp in here"
verb: spill, fall over, tip.
Example:"Did you cowp mah pint, ya bastard?"
II
Cumbrian Dictionary
( v kowp) Fall, e.g. Cowp ower = fall over.
(I cowp, you cowped, she is cowping, we are all cowpers.)
III
North Country (Newcastle) Words
to barter or exchange
IV
Mid Ulster English
to tip over, to fall over
From Scots "cowp", Middle Scots L-vocalisation with West Central monophthongisation to /o/ betraying the origins of Scottish Planters.

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