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Quotation dates: 1885
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MOOP, v. To wander about in a stupefied, bewildered manner.Edb. 1885 Mod. Sc. Poets (Edwards) VIII. 74:
The mither gaed mooping the lave o' her days In search o' her laddie by ilk burnie side.
