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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1871
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‡FATTAL, adj. ne. and s.Sc. form of Eng. fatal (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. § 33; Abd.27 1951). [fɑtl]Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxii.:
The fattal thing's nae that there's a camp o' Moderates to conten' against.
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"Fattal adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 18 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/fattal>
