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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SCRAIBLE, n. Sc. form of Eng. scrabble, to scramble, in quot. used as a n. to mean an extra perquisite or concession got by somewhat roundabout means, a “fiddle”, “wangle” (Per., Slg. 1969). [skrebl]Ayr. 1950:
Dudsday. That's a Kilmarnock Fair Day — the day when fairm-servants that haena been feed at the richt mart come in the hope o bein feed aifter the proper time. They wangled a few days' holiday wi pey aff it for the fairmer feein them never bothered tae deduct the odd days frae their term. Dudsday was a scraible.