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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1851-1872
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†GLIBBY, adj. Also glibie. Talkative, voluble, fluent. Also used adv.Edb. 1851 A. Maclagan Sk. from Nature 91:
She'd a step like a roe, an' a glibby gaun tongue.Edb. 1856 J. Ballantine Poems 56:
Wee Tailor Davie, sae glibby an' gabby.Gsw. 1872 J. Young Lochlomond Side 47:
Whaur glibie speech, as in a dwawm, T' admiring silence yields the palm.
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