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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1898
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SKLAYP, v. To gossip, tittle-tattle, scandalmonger, in vbl.n. sklaypin.Abd. 1898 J. R. Imray Sandy Todd viii.:
There'll be a gey sklaypin' an' a newsin' aboot it.
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