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CLANG, v., pa.t. Clung (Bnff.2, Abd.9, Fif.10 1937).Sc. 1818 Scott in J. G. Lockhart Life of Scott (1837) IV. iv.:
The spirit of the Scotch at the Union clang fondly to these emblems [the regalia].Per. 1864 J. M. Peacock in Harp of Perthshire (ed. R. Ford 1893) 239:
Whan a' ither fouk in the fashion wad be, My auld Scottish bonnet clang couthie to me.
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