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Quotation dates: 1737
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SUNK, v. Also sonk. To sulk, be in a gloomy sour mood. Ppl.adj. sunkan, sullen, surly, ill-natured. Only in Ramsay. Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) II. 149: [He] ask'd his sunkan gloomy Spouse. What Supper had she in the House.Sc. 1737 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) III. 142:
For which they'll now have nae Relief, But sonk at hame, and cleck Mischief.
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