Obs. App. a boon companion.

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c. 1386.  Chaucer, Cook’s T., 51. Ther is no theef with-oute a lowke, That helpeth hym to wasten and to sowke Of that he brybe can or borwe may.

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[1880.  C. H. Poole, Gloss. Stafford, 15. Lowk, a sharp fellow.]

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