hirdum-dirdumn.
Scottish and northern dialect.
Uproar, tumultuous noise.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun] > uproar or tumult
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1724 Muirland Willie in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1729) 18 Sick Hirdum, Dirdum, and sick Din Wi' he o'er her and she o'er him.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Hirdum-dirdum, an uproar.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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