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Quotation dates: 1926-1928
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LIDDEN, v. To echo, resound, make a constant noise. Liter.Sc. 1926 H. M'Diarmid Drunk Man 45:
The thocht o' Christ and Calvary Aye liddenin' in my heid.Edb. 1928 A. D. Mackie Poems 42:
Nae poet was but bid tae ken His ain thochts liddenin' but and ben.
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