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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1872

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¶OUT-BUSKIN, n. Dress, finery.Gsw. 1872 J. Young Lochlomond Side 81:
Stane-blin' the while to a' the rare Out-buskins o' our modern fair.

[Out- + vbl.n. of Busk.]

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