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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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ARNIT, n.³ A shrimp.Abd. 1853 W. Cadenhead Flights of Fancy 190:
Or fish for bandies, arnits, eels in ilka wee bit pot.

[Still remembered by older people in Aberdeen. Origin uncertain.]

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