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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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¶HILLGILL, n. Uproar, fuss, hullabaloo. [′hɪl′gɪl]Dmf. 1914 J. L. Waugh Cracks wi' R. Doo 72:
The neibors too were a' oot at their doors, by this time, and I took very unkindly to all the hillgill and commotion.
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