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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1888
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DICKLE, v. Also dikel (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). To trample, tread. [′dɪkəl]Sh. 1888 B. R. Anderson Broken Lights 85:
Ta keep his grave fae dicklin' yowes, An' sain his body fae da Trows.
[Origin uncertain. Cf. Sw. dial. dikkel, mud, morass, O.N. díki, mud, mire, ultimately the same word as Dyke, ditch.]
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