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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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gearach
,
geerakh
noun
a woman
20-
.
etymology:
origin obscure there seems to be no Gaelic connection; perhaps connected to the Perthshire, Argyleshire Gypsy
gourie
,
gowrie
‘a girl’; form
geerakh
attested in Shelta; also collected by
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