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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BY-PLACE, n. comb. An out-of-the-way place (Abd.⁹, Kcb.¹ 1938).Lnk. c.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 215:
She sent him in search of a hen's-nest, who had taken some by-place to lay her eggs in.