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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1934-1949
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BAP, v. To walk in a plodding, flat-footed manner (Abd. 1975). Cf. Bappin' on, and bap-fit s.v. Bap, n. 1. Combs. (2).Kcd. 1934 L. G. Gibbon Grey Granite 164:
Flet [a policeman] came bapping along the calsays. Abd. 1949 W. R. Melvin Poems 10:
We're bappin' on: yon's Auchnagatt, An' neist comes Logieriv.
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