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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1929
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‡JIVVLE, n. A bare, uncomfortable apartment, a cell-like place. [dʒɪvl]Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains & Hilly 191:
Fat wis't for's to lie in an orra hole ahin' the horse — a caul jivvle o' a place faur ye wis near-han' perisht i' yer bed?