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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1952

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SPULDER, n. A convulsion, a heaving motion, a violent noisy disturbance (Sh. 1971). [′spʌldər]Sh. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 101:
Next dere comes a heavy spulder, An a frush aboot da tirl.

[Prob. an altered form of Pulter, with prothetic s. Cf. also Norw., Dan. sprudle, to well up, gush out.]

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