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Quotation dates: 1786, 1894
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†DRANGLE, v. To saunter, to dawdle (Lth. 1825 Jam.2).m.Lth. 1786 G. Robertson Har'st Rig (1801) xcv.:
The Towns-folk drangle far ahin', By ane's and twa's.Edb. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick iii.:
Ane after anither, the silly bodies wha had taen the road up the brae cam dranglin doun again.
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