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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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greeting and roaring
verb
crying loudly, in hysterics:
...started greetin and roarin and greeting and cairryin on...
20-
.
etymology:
Scots: attested by
BW
in
DB
note:
The Scots phrase is more commonly
‘roarin and greetin’
.