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RINGUM, adv. Only in reduplic. combs. ringum-craggum, through and through; ringum-tringum, helter-skelter, in haste and disorder.Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 144:
We hid fair spaill o' the hail feedle, an' we geed ringum-craggum fae side t' side o't.Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick xxviii.:
Fleein ringum-tringum like five-'ear aals.
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