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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1822
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¶SPLINKEY, adj. ? Lively, active, thin and agile.Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie lxxx .:
His strides were as stiff and as long as a splinkey laddie's stalking on stilts.
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"Splinkey adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 16 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/splinkey>
