Parish's Dictionary of Sussex Dialect does not give 'wildisher.'
Under 'wild' it says, "The weald of Sussex is always spoken of as 'The Wild'
by those who live in the Downs and people of the wealden district are
[similarly] known as 'the wild ones'.
The number of Kipling citations in the Oxford English Dictionary (some 2600,
see printout given by George Engle to the Library) is surely not unconnected
with his propensity to invent new words.
All good wishes
John Slater
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