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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1927
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JINKIE, adv. Jauntily.Bnff. 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel Fae Hame 14:
I sanna seek Parnassus knowe tae speel, Or jinkie sit upon the knap o' Fame.
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