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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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dringerin
verb
confused in the mind due to old age or mental illness
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etymology:
possibly a development of Scots adjective
dring
‘Slow, dilatory, slow-acting.’ or from the noun ‘A lazy, indolent person’; only collected by McCormick