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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1791
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¶HOUCHTY-POUCHTY, adj.comb. Proud, high and mighty.Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 180:
An' soud we sit some minuts owr Owr kail, mair than the stentit hour, Your houchty-pouchty factors sour Do sairly prick us.
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