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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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linkie
noun
an adder; any snake
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lupie
etymology:
onomatpoeic from its shape but perhaps ‘snake’ is a taboo word in Travellers’ language; attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies; also collected by McCormick