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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1866, 1935
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BOB, v. Of grass, corn, etc.: to grow in luxuriant patches.Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 14:
"The corn in that park's a' beginnin' to bob." "The girs is a' bobbin'."Bnff.2 1935
ppl.adj. bobbit, "uneven because of the luxuriant patches in a crop, etc." (Bnff.2 1935).
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