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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DREEBLE, v. and n. A Sc. form of Eng. dribble (Rxb. 1942 Zai).Ags. 1920 D. H. Edwards Men and Manners 236:
There's juist a dreeble o' a strule at the burn spoot onywye, an' the pump's gizened.Ags. 1922 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden xiv.:
He canna even tak' twa-three tatties doon the yaird to the swine, but he maun hae ane oot o' the bucket to dreeble't doon to the crue.Per. 1903 H. MacGregor Souter's Lamp 30:
He dreebled the earth in that soft like, ye wad hardly hear it strikin' the coffin ava.
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