TODLY ADJ. foxy, crafty ...1571 Sc. obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from tod (n.) (the red fox) + -ly FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1571 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...The preist, I grant, his concubine wald hyde in hoill and boire, and quhylis quhen he tyrit of ane wold gett in o]A in stoire ; The Ministre, far todlyar, his hure in houshold chereis, bott, quhe he listis, he schaks hir of be diuorce or hir wirreis..." From: Satirical poems of the time of the Reformation [vol. II] - edited by James Cranstoun - 1st edition, 1893
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