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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1801

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FORFOWDEN, ppl.adj. Exhausted, greatly fatigued.Abd. 1801 W. Beattie Parings (1813) 13:
My breath begins to fail, I'm a' forfowden.

[Prob. for forfoughten (see Forfecht), with an Eng. dial. pronunciation [-′fʌutən].]

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