Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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¶SPLINKEY, adj. ? Lively, active, thin and agile.Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie lxxx .:
His strides were as stiff and as long as a splinkey laddie's stalking on stilts.
