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Like Truckle the Uncivil, it’s possible that, in the mouth of a Mac Feegle, anything’s a swear word, but in fact “crivvens!” translates into Sassanach roughly as “good grief!”. It’s now a bit of a joke, used only by Sunday Post cartoon characters “Oor Wullie” and “The Broons”, and “I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue”’s Hamish and Dougal.

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