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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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baurie davies
in greetings
good day!
19-20
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etymology:
barry
‘big, great’
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davies
‘day’; attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies; also collected by Simson (1865) and attested by one of his informants