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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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¶TWAGGLE, v. To shake to and fro, to sway about.Abd. 1831 Aberdeen Mag. 642:
Yoursel' twagglin' in the win', like a thing hung up on a lang peg stuck in the warld's rim.