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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1928
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GUNNER, v., n.2
I. v. To gossip, to chat loudly and long, “generally applied to country conversation” (Ayr. 1825 Jam.).Ayr.4 1928:
Dae ye hear him gunner-gunnerin' awa?
II. n. Gossiping; noisy chatter (Ayr. 1825 Jam.).
[An altered form of Gauner, prob. an echoic variant of Cunner, Channer. The n. is formed from the v.]
