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Quotation dates: 1825, 1900
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†RUMBALLIACH, adj. Also rambaleugh. Tempestuous, stormy, used of either weather or temperament (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., ‡rambaleugh).Rxb. 1825 Jam.:
A rambaleugh day. . . . She has a rambaleugh temper. . . . A rumballiach wife.Slk. c.1900 A. J. B. Paterson Mist from Yarrow 111:
Sic a rambaleugh nicht as this.
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