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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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¶OFF-GETT, n. An illegitimate child. See Get, n.Ayr. 1823 Galt R. Gilhaize I. ii.:
He was thought to have been an off-gett of the Boswells of Balmuto.
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