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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1834-1835
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BLOUSE, v. To look fresh and plump.Slk. a.1835 Hogg Tales, etc. (1837) II. 276:
You bloom, blouse, flirt, and flash on for a day, and then a' down to pain, poverty, dudds, and debility.
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