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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BETTS, n.pl. Hired boats.Bnff. 1888 Trans. Banffsh. Field Club 58:
Here the “betts,” that is, the boats supplied by the proprietor as distinguished from the fishermen's own boats, used to winter.