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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GLENTY, adj. Of sheep's ears: erect.

Combs.: 1. glenty lugs, “a term applied to certain Cheviot sheep, characterised by smart-looking, erect ears” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.); 2. glenty-luggit, “having such ears” (Ib.).Slk. 1917 Southern Reporter (24 May) 3:
A season like this will surely make breeders of Cheviot sheep revise their ideas of the type to be aimed at . . . We have got white faces, glenty lugs, clean shanks — and a tuppeny murt.