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Quotation dates: 1722, 1830-1834
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†BIGGEN, v. To swell, grow larger; to be pregnant.Sc. 1722 W. Hamilton Wallace 118:
And his Heart biggens with the glorious Scene.Ayr. 1830 Galt Lawrie Todd ii.:
The bud biggent and the blossom bloomed.Ayr. 1834 Galt Lit. Life III. xvi.:
When it was kent . . . that Babby was biggent, it was a saying there would be soon a burial.
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