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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†BURLIE-BAILIE, Burrlie-Baillie, n. comb. “An officer employed to enforce the laws of the Burlaw-courts” (Sc. 1808 Jam., burlie-bailie).Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems II. 238:
The Deel . . . In humane Shape, sae snug and wylie; Jude took him for a Burrlie-baillie.
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