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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1857
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BOULGIE, adj. Bulging, as with a breach ready to give way. [′buldʒi]s.Sc. 1857 H. S. Riddell Psalms lxii. 3:
How lang wull ye imagin mischeef agayne ane man? ye sall be sleyn a' o' ye: as ane boulgie wa' sall ye be, an' as ane waigglin' fense.
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