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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1929

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OTTERBOW, adj. Ill-shaped.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
An otterbow ting.

[Phs. for *notterbow and hence a variant of Nittbold, of obscure orig.]

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