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Quotation dates: 1877
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¶DRUNKIE, n. ? A whit, a snap of the fingers.Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 19:
For water-wraith or fabled spunkie When primed, I carena by a drunkie!
