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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GALLOWEGIAN, adj. Belonging to Galloway. Cf. Gallovidian.Sc. a.1872 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. (1911) iii. 88:
The most whimsical anecdotes . . . regarding an old Gallowegian lady.

[The English form is Galwegian. Our form is on the analogy of Norwegian from Norway.]

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