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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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grumfie
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grumphie
noun
a name for a pig:
Mrs McPherson had killed a young grumphie and two fat hens...
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guffy
etymology:
Scots; onomatpoeic, from its grunt; attested by Galloway and Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies,
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