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Quotation dates: 1868-1872
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¶HING-DRING, v. To linger, dwell tediously.Gsw. 1868 J. Young Poems 169:
O wow, but I'm scunnert to see twa auld fuils Keep hing-dringin' sae at the wooin' o't.Gsw. 1872 J. Young Lochlomond 42:
But why on uncas thus hing-dringing, When Time his restless flight keeps winging.
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