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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1856, 1925

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RANCE, v.2 To caper about rowdily.Bwk. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes 56:
Wi' carl-cats they squeel'd and ranc'd 'Round the auld Castle's wa'.
Mry.1 1925:
Stop that rancin aboot an' nae ca' deen yer claes an' sheen.

[Prob. a variant of Rant, by conflation with race, dance, prance. Direct connection with Norw. dial. ransa, to rush about, or M.H.Ger. ranzen, id., is not apparent.]

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