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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GLIPE, n.¹ Also glibe. [gləip, gləib]

1. A newly-spawned fish (Ayr.⁴ 1928), “a spent, sickly cod-fish” (Ant. 1900 E.D.D.; Arg. 1936 L. McInnes Dial. S. Kintyre 11, glibe).

2. Applied to anything or anyone that is very thin (Ayr. 1954).Ayr.⁴ 1928:
He's an ill-faured-like glipe, that yin.