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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1825, 1897, 1955
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WRANGLESOME, adj. Quarrelsome, given to arguing contentiously, conducivee to quarrelling (I.Sc., Abd. 1974). Also in n.Eng. dial.; also, in 1825 quot., full of bustle and hurry-burry, vexatious, harrassing.Sc. 1825 Anon Writer's Clerk xxix.:
It's no easy keepin' out fouk on a wranglesome day like this.Fif. 1897 G. Setoun G. Malcolm xii.:
I've seen whiles i' the papers that they're a gey wranglesome crew.Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick xv.:
Sic a mengie o' wranglesome breets.
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