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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1929
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CHILDER, Chilter, v. Cf. Cholder. [′tʃɪldər, ′tʃɪltər (Marw.)]
1. “To jolt, used e.g. of the movement one experiences in a cart on a rough road” (Ork. 1929 Marw.).
2. “To shake noisily, make a gurgling, splashing noise — as of liquid in a bottle” (Ib.).Ork. 1929 Marwick The Orkney Norn:
I heard the whisky chilteran inside the box.
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