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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GAMFLE, v. Also gamphle, gamphil(l). To idle, dally; to neglect one's work from foolish merriment (Jam.); “to act foolishly like lads and lasses at a fair” (Kcb.4 1900, gamphill), to frolic.n.Sc. 1808 Jam.:
Young women are said to be gamflin with young men, when they pass their time in frolicsome discourse or in romping with them.
Fif. 1841 C. Gray Lays & Lyrics 11:
Ae simmer day, 'mang meadow grass, As I sat gamflin wi' my lass.
Per. 1895 R. Ford Tayside Songs 41:
I'd gamphil again wi' a licht-fitted set, It delighted the Laird an' the Leddy to see.
Ags. 1922 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden viii.:
He was juist a great muckle, gapin', gamflin, . . . half-daft, deil-ma-care kind o' a chield.

[Freq. of Gamf, q.v. ]

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