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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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groib
,
coirb
noun
the nose
20-
.
etymology:
origin obscure but compare Scots Gaelic
srub, srúb
the snout’; form
coirb
attested in Beurla Reagaird with the same meaning; attested in Shelta; also collected by
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