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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1911
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RANIGATE, n. A nonsense word in a children's rhyme, prob. influenced by Rinagate, renegade, and the following Canigate.e.Lth. 1911 Rymour Club Misc. 175:
Ree-a-ree, a ranigate. The pipers i' the Canigate, The drow is in the air.
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