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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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Quotation dates: 1895-1929, 1988
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CLINK, Klink, v.3 To diminish in size or weight (Ayr. 1990s). Ppl.adj. clinkit, "hollow or fallen, like the sides of a poorly fed animal" (Ant. 1924 "N. Antrim" in North. Whig (14 Jan.); Ayr. 1928); thin, emaciated (Kcb.9 1937).Ork.11920:
He's klinked sin he quat drinkin.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
I'm eaten so much that I'll no be able to move till I klink.Edb. 1895 J. Tweeddale Moff xiii.:
And efter she left I jist remarkit tae Bessie that she was as clinkit's a fir-board.sm.Sc. 1988 W. A. D. and D. Riach A Galloway Glossary :
clinkit thin, pinched, ill-looking (generally applied to animals).Kcb.4 c.1900:
It is whiles said o' baith beast and body that hae been aff their meat, "They're geyly clinkit."
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