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birling
[ bur-ling ]
noun
, Chiefly Northern U.S.
- a game played by lumberjacks, in which each tries to balance longest on a floating log while rotating the log with the feet.
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Its no for a courtesy o causey clash that hes birling his mouldy pennies in sic firlots,—tak my word fort.
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Birling the brown bowl wi' the fowler and the falconer, and some o' the serving folk.
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It was blithe and heartsome to go birling to Skeighan in the train; it was grand to jouk round Barbie on the nichts at e'en!
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By the way, did you fellows ever square up on that birling match?
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Why was the sympathy of the crowd with Jimmy Powers in the birling match?
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