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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1893

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CLUMPIT, ppl.adj. With up: compressed.Abd. 1893 G. Macdonald Sc. Songs and Ballads 123:
Wi' a doun-luikin nose an' an up-luikin chin, An' a mou clumpit up oot o' sicht atween.

[Cf. Eng. clamp, to fasten firmly together.]

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