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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1904
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PING-PONG, n.2 Sc. usage in phr. on the ping-pong, on the spree.Gsw. 1904 H. Foulis Erchie xiv.:
The grocer in there wad be thinkin' I was awa' on the ping-pong if he didna ken I was a beadle.
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