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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1845

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KIDDIE, n. A candle (Edb. 1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton 284).Edb. 1845 F. W. Bedford Hist. Heriot's Hospital (1859) 7:
Some chield putting out the kiddie at the same time.

[From the surname Keddie, the name of a firm of candle-makers in Edinburgh at the beginning of the 19th c.]

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