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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1718
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†GIBBERS, n.pl. “Gibberish, nonsense” (Abd. 1825 Jam.).Sc. 1718 Notes of the Sermon of Mr. John Wyllie, Minister of the Gospel at Clackmannan in “J. Curate” Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence (1738) 106:
I'll give yon bonnie wallie Christ Jesus; but this is gibbers to a hantle of you.
