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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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whirliceir
noun
a cart, perhaps one that could be used as a shelter
20
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etymology:
whirli
‘
a cart
’
+ and perhaps the addition of Romany
keir
‘a house’; attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies