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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1786, 1894

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†DRANGLE, v. To saunter, to dawdle (Lth. 1825 Jam.2).m.Lth. 1786 G. Robertson Har'st Rig (1801) xcv.:
The Towns-folk drangle far ahin', By ane's and twa's.Edb. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick iii.:
Ane after anither, the silly bodies wha had taen the road up the brae cam dranglin doun again.

[Variant of Dringle, v.; cf. Norw. dial. drangla, to trail behind, to be slow.]

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