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Quotation dates: 1710
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GYMP, v. ? To jest, scoff, gibe (see quot.)ne.Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis:
He dare not gymp, he dare not stir or talk freely.
[Orig. and exact meaning uncertain. Cf. O.Sc. gimp, a quirk, c.1840, ? to prevaricate, to speak insincerely, 1582.]
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