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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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¶ILL-GRANTET, adj. ? Badly-behaved, naughty.Abd. 1891 J. Ogg Gloamin' Glints 165:
Ye aul' idle nickum! Ye ill-grantet geet!

[The second element is uncertain, phs. for grundit = founded, based, i.e. brought up. See Grund.]

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