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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GOW-GLENTIE, n.comb. See quot. and note. Only in children's rhyme.Dmf. 1825 Nursery Rhyme in Jam.2:
Gow, gow-glentie, Ee, ee brentie.

[? For gowd-glentie = gold-glinting (hair). Cf. Gowdie, n., 2. and note. For the dropping of d cf. Gowgair, above.]

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