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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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(Ruch rumpill,) Rowch rumple. [? Ruch adj. and ? Rumpill n.1] ? One tumbling over the other, higgledy-piggledy. But perh. a name given to one of the pigs. — a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i 180.
Rowch rumple out ran Weill mo than I tell can
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