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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1931
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¶MURIE, adj.? A misprint of Eng. merry.Ags. 1931 Barrie Farewell Miss J. Logan vi.:
The smith's klink-klink from the smiddy, which is the most murie sound in a countryside next to a saw-mill, shows that he has had at least one to shod.
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