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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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†JURR, n.¹ A contemptuous term for a servant-maid, a “skivvy.”Ayr. 1786 Burns A. Armour's Prayer ii.:
For Geordie's jurr we're in disgrace, Because we stang'd her through the place.