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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1929

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EK, n. A nauseating whiff of some ill-smelling thing (Ork.2 1948).Ork. 1929 Marw.:
I just got an ek o' it, and that was enough.

[?Cf. Norw. øgja, to feel squeamish, and Ugg.]

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