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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1693
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Trantling, vbl. n. [Onomatopoeic.] The noise made by a peacock. — 1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii xiii.
Drintling of turkies, trantling of peacocks
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