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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1882

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NYSE, v. To beat, drub, pummel (Lth. 1825 Jam.).Edb. 1882 C. Mackay Poetry & Humour Sc. Lang. 219:
A word in use among the boys of the High School of Edinburgh; . . . “I'll nyse you” , I'll do you a mischief.

[Orig. doubtful. Phs. an altered emphatic variant of Knuse, q.v.]

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