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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1949
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¶GURL, v.2 To catch fish with the hands.Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 55:
Yea, says I, dat ir dey, sir. I gurled twa praety fellows a Tiseday yonder whaar da burn rins oot.
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