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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PLEURAN', ppl.adj. Wailing, whimpering.Ork. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 193:
Maybe they hid lippened a boy, an' no a pleuran' thing o' a lass wae a lang face.Ork. 1966:
The gulls are pleuran afore rain.

[Prob. a nonce formation, chiefly imit., phs. based on -plore in deplore, etc., the spelling being influenced by Fr. pleurer.]

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