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Quotation dates: 1895-1925
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STRAIGGLE, v. Also straigle, -el. Sc. forms of Eng. straggle. See P.L.D. §48.1. [stregl]Sc. a.1896 Stevenson New Poems (1922) 518:
Aft hae I gane where they hae rade And straigled on the gowden brooms.Ags. 1910 J. Lee Poems 52:
Wi' staps that straigelt to and fro.Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 2:
The yeh straigglin street o Bosells.
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