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Leanne Wicks

Leanne Wicks

(Australia)
Leanne Wicks is a poet/textile artist walking on Dabee/Wiradjuri Country in the bird-filled Capertee Valley, NSW, Australia.
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shoggle, worple

Since the 1500s, shoggle has been a word for various sorts of shaking. No wonder it became a word for unsteady walking in the 1800s. Zombies and toddlers are big shogglers. Another term sometimes applied to such precarious ambling is warpling. Credits to Mark Peters.

Added by Geert Vermeire

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