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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1925

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KEIBULT, n. A heavily-built, burly fellow.Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 20:
A shauchlin, husslin-shoodert keibult wui . . . stoory claes.

[Orig. doubtful. Phs. an altered form of n.Eng. dial. kibble, a cudgel, a stout stick or log, with extended meaning.]

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