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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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‡CRAMBO, n. As in Eng., but also compounded in Sc. with -clink, -jingle, -jink = doggerel verse.Sc. 1809 T. Donaldson Poems 121:
I like to be at crambo-jink.Sc. 1920 D. Rorie Auld Doctor 3:
He sang o' them a' at e'enin's fa' By aid o' the crambo-clink.Sc. 1995 James S. Adam New Verses for an Auld Sang 42:
Thochts anent crambo-clink about keech
at kythit
in a Sawbath blad out o Lunnon. Mry. 1852 A. Christie Mountain Strains Preface:
If I have succeeded on any occasion in happily giving expression, in the “crambo clink,” to feelings or emotions which are present in the bosom of every one . . . I trust some degree of favour will be extended towards me by an impartial public.m.Sc. 1988 William Neill Making Tracks 72:
He'll hap ye ticht in octet an sestet
bi faur the stievest o aw crambo-clink ...
nae easie-osie moadern tapsalteerie.Ayr. 1786 Burns Ep. to J. Lapraik viii.:
Amaist as soon as I could spell, I to the crambo-jingle fell.
