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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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WEEL-GEIZENED, ppl.adj. Of a hard drinker: well-seasoned, well-practised. Fig. from Gizzen, v., 1.Knr. 1886 H. Haliburton Horace 9:
This verra nicht it's Hogmanay — When Hab an' Rab an' twa-three mae Weel-geizen'd guisers up the brae May be expeckit.