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Quotation dates: 1907
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GURDY, adj. ? See etym. note.Ayr. 1907 J. Cook Garnockside Lilts 75:
And noo, my sonsy, gurdie chappie, We've a' agreed ye are a sappy An' weel made haggis.
[The meaning and orig. are uncertain. Poss. the word is to be considered an adj. form of *gurd = Gird, a hoop, belt, in allusion to the strings tied round the haggis at intervals (cf. Gibby wi the girds s.v. Gib, n.2, Phr.), or it may be intended as a form of girthy, having girth, bulky.]
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