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Quotation dates: 1859
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BOOK-LEAR, n. “Book-learning” (Bnff.2, Abd.2, Ags.2, Fif.1, Lnk.3 1935).Gsw. 1859 J. Young in Rec. and Living Sc. Poets (ed. A. G. Murdoch 1881) ii. 200:
But a' his teachers are agree't they'll never maun to knock Book-lear intae the timmer heid o' my big Jock!
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