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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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harlin
adjective
trailing, dragging behind:
So, picking up her petticoat beneath her harlin gown,
20-
.
etymology:
from obsolete Scots
harl verb
‘wear trailing garments’ dating from
e
16
; attested by
DW
in
DB