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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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cleg
verb
to close, shut
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etymology:
origin obscure; attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies; collected by Rev John Baird and Joseph F G S Lucas from Kirk Yetholm Gypsies, Lucas suggests a Hindi root