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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1949
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¶SPENGLID, ppl.adj. Sh. variant of spindled, like a spindle, thin, slender, spindly.Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 124:
He wis only da tae o' an auld dreg ta begin wi, an' wi' da conteenwal haetin he wis turnin brawly spenglid.
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