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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1824, 1881
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†SPIRRAN, n. An old woman, hag.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 96:
How girn'd the wizen'd spirran.Gall. 1881 L. B. Walford Dick Netherby ii.:
The greediest, leein'st, bletherin'st auld spirran in Chris'endom.
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