Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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KIRROO, v. To coo, to make a sound like a dove, a variant of Curroo, q.v. (‡Fif. 1960).Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) xiv.:
They were crackin' an' kirrooin' awa' like a pair o' doos.
