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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1929

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WHIRGAL, n. A large neck (of a horse) (see quot.). [ʍɪrgl]Ork. 1929 Marw.:
His horse had such a whirgal o' a neck, at the collar wad no go on.

[Appar. an intensive form ad. Norw. dial. kverk, a (horse's) neck. See Kwerk. ]

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