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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1897
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CRICKLE, v. Found only in ppl.adj. cricklin', gurgling (of a stream).Ags. 1897 J. Y. Gray in A. Reid Bards of Angus and the Mearns 200:
Hoo dear unto me soonds its [burn's] low cricklin' croon, Garrin' a' my heart thrab wi' the sowf o' its tune.
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