thoil
(Yorkshire, transitive) To be able to justify the expense of.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(Yorkshire, transitive) 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.
Origin: Variant of thole, from , tholien, from . Cognate with . More at thole. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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