"hirple" meaning in English

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        "To walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling."
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        "(intransitive, Scotland, northern UK) To walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling."
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