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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1944
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BLEETER, v.3 To talk foolishly, babble (Abd. 1975).Abd. 1944 C. Gavin Mountain of Light iii. x.:
A curn editors sittin' on their dowps in London bleeterin' aboot equal sacrifice.
[From Bleeter, n.1]