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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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KIBBLING, n. Also kibblin, kibling. A thick, rough stick, a cudgel. As vbl.n., a cudgelling, beating, hiding (Wgt., Rxb. 1960).Dmf. 1820 Blackwood's Mag. (April) 50:
I lifted my staff and fronted him firmly “God, sir, cast away your kibling.”
Dmf. 1822 Scots Mag. (Feb.) 172:
A short thorn stick, commonly called a kibblin.
Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 68:
Mony a time ha'e I sworn't, and hae broken't, That wi' the aik kibblings I'd never fight mair.

[Deriv. of Eng. dial. kibble, id., of obscure orig., found from 1411. Cf. Kebbie.]

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