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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Happer-gaw, n. [Appar. Happer n. 2 and gaw n. as in Happer-galln. Also in later Sc. and north. Eng. dial.] A gap in growing corn caused by unequal sowing. — ?a1640 Copie Baron's Ct. (16. .) 10.
I jamph a boll?. .No! no!. . I trow his worship knaws I am a man that hath no happergaws

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