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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
AN, prep. and conj.3 [ən]
1. prep. Of time = by.sm.Sc. 1887 Jam.6:
I'll be back an gloamin.
2. conj. Of time = by the time that.Ib.:
“It'll be a' by an ye come back” — all will be over by the time, or before, you come back.
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