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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1930
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PLOOCHER, v. To feel one's way clumsily as if in the dark, to grope about with heavy blundering movements (Arg. 1958).Arg.2 1930:
I lost ma wey in the dark an' had tae come ploocherin through a whole lot o' clabber.
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