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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1877
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SPLUNGE, v. Also sploonge. intr. To splash about with the hands or feet in water, to flounder (Lnk. 1971); tr. to soak. Freq. in ppl.adj. sploongin, wet through, soaking, sopping (wm.Sc., Rxb. 1971), boggy, of ground (Lth. 1971). [splundʒ, splʌndʒ]Lnk. 1877 W. McHutchison Poems 128:
A wee, barefitit laddie, Gaun splungin' through the weet.
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