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- Ming n.2, v.2 be malodorous, to stink, gen. in ppl.adj. mingin , smelly (Ags., Ayr. 1975), stinking (Sh., Ork Patter 46: To ming is to stink; a ming is a bad smell. Mingin means stinking ... em.Sc an mingin wi vinegar, an whan he had a chip he aye passed the pock tae ae side an tither, for his: 'It's a mingin flea-pit where old wifies get their pension money ripped off for a pint of cheap stout Acid House 100: Wi aw used tae hing aroond John Deaf's hoose. It wis really mingin likesay, but that get down the pier.' 'Yeah, rotten old fisherman smell,' I say. 'Mingin' old cod,' she says. 2 Munro The Patter 46: To ming is to stink; a ming is a bad smell. Mingin means stinking but can also be used to describe anything bad: 'We just came hame early cause the weather was mingin world. It was totally mingin'. It looked like something you'd buy from Oxfam for 50p to wear to a 70s night. wm.Sc. 1998 Alan Warner The Sopranos (1999) 101: Tell yas something mingin, Manda
- Bowf v., n., adj.,' she says, 'like that stink you get down the pier.' 'Yeah, rotten old fisherman smell,' I say. 'Mingin Sunday 7 Mar 5: Calderwood had described his team's form in Maryhill as "boggin." Boggin, mingin
- Squeeb n.2 of a litre bottle of vodka), mingin' or reekin' (smelly)... Edb. 2005 : Ah hate squeebs-they
- Likesae adv. really mingin likesay, bit that nivir bothered ye sae much in they days. Edb. 2003 : Likesay
- Foost v.1, n.1 mingin rat-muncher who had been left behind in his mates' retreat tried to block my swing as I heard the
- Wulk n. as a puggie, fou as a wulk, miraculous, pie-eyed, mortal, steamin, steamboats, mingin, fleein
- Second adj., n. 52 70: The saicont ane had a pock o chips, aa reikie an mingin wi vinegar, an whan he had a chip
- Moss n., v. B. & H. Plant-Names 342), -mingin (Cld. 1825 Jam.), -mining (Lnk. 1880 W. Grosart Shotts 258
