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thoil

verb

Etymology

Variant of thole, from Middle English tholen, tholien, from Old English þolian (“to bear; endure”). Cognate with Scots thoil. More at thole.

  1. inherited from þolian
  2. inherited from tholen

Definitions

  1. To be able to justify the expense of.

    • Aw lov'd them red shoon but Aw coun't thoil em in addition to t'new dress Aw'd bowt.
    • But yon poor widder-woman, strugglin' along on a bit of a pension, 'ad nowt left but two coppers - but sh' thoiled it, an' put it in, all t' same!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA