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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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gaberlunzie man
[gaber’lunyie]
noun
a beggar; a Tinker
18-
.
etymology:
Scots of unknown origin but
WG
suggests it could be for an unattested
cappall luanineach
‘wandering horse’; collected by
EMcC/PS
; attested by
JS