Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BUFFLIN, ppl.adj. “Rambling, roving, unsettled; still running from place to place, or engaged in some new project or another; a term generally applied to boys” (Tweedd. 1825 Jam.2). Not known to our correspondents.
[Prob. an extension of Buffle, v., 2, above.]
