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Vole

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He has gone the vole—i.e. been everything by turns. Vole is a deal at cards that draws the whole tricks. The verb vole means to win all the tricks. Vole is a French word Faire la vole—i.e. “Faire soul toutes les levócs,” de voler—i.e. enlever.

“Who is he [Edie Ochiltree]? Why, he has gone the vole—has been soldier, ballad-singer, traveling tinker, and now a beggar.”—Sir W. Scott: The Antiquary, chap. iv.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.