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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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‡BACHELEER, n. Sc. form of bachelor. [′bɑtʃə′li:r.]Sc. [1828] Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 122:
The bonny croodin-doos keep murmurin their jeists to ane anither, as soon as a nest o' them gets rid o' an auld bacheleer on Princes Street.Sc. 1923 R. Macrailt Hoolachan 10:
An auld, dry bacheleer, that never had a woman's hand upon you since your mother . . .Fif. 1906–1911 Rymour Club Misc. I. 157:
Come, all ye jolly bacheleers, That lead a single life Ye should always be precaarious In the choosin' o' a wife.