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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

HING-DRING, v. To linger, dwell tediously.Gsw. 1868 J. Young Poems 169:
O wow, but I'm scunnert to see twa auld fuils Keep hing-dringin' sae at the wooin' o't.Gsw. 1872 J. Young Lochlomond 42:
But why on uncas thus hing-dringing, When Time his restless flight keeps winging.

[A nonce reduplic. formation from Hing, v. + Dring, v., 3.]

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