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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1903

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GIGGLEBY, n. A silly, flighty or giggling girl.Abd. 1903 Abd. Weekly Free Press (26 Sept.):
I'm sure ye can stan' to be studied by a Marischal College professor, let alane by a bit giggleby o' a foreign lassie.

[Appar. a nonce conflation of giggle and Gilpie, n. 2. or perhaps simply giggle + Eng. -by, suff., used derisively to form nouns descriptive of personal characteristics.]

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