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Quotation dates: 1889, 1955
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‡SPLAUDER, v. Also splyaader. To run, walk or clamber with noisy, clattering footsteps. Vbl.n. splauderin. [′splɑdər]Abd. 1889 Bon-Accord (26 January) 5:
The splauderin' o' somebody's feet runnin' doon the stair.Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick xxiii.:
Fa's 'at dyaan paamerin aboot an' splyaaderin a' ower ma hochs?
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