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DULLION, n.2
1. Schoolboy slang: a heavy blow (Fif. 1950; Ayr. 1940 (per Kcb.10)).
2. Also dullyin. A piece of bad luck (dullyin Gsw. 1990s). w.Lth. 2004:
See that bad accident on the Bathgate Road - that wis a dullyinEdb. 1999:
Wee Danny's had his bike stolen. That's a dullyin, like.
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