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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1801

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PRIDE, n.2 The spleen of an animal. Cf. Eng. dial. pride, the uterus of a sow.Sc. 1801 Scott Letters (Cent. Ed.) XII. 184:
Pride is currently used for the Spleen by the Domestic butchers in Scotland.

[North. Mid.Eng. pride, c.1300, some part of the entrails of a deer, phs. orig. an extended usage of Pride, n.1 Cf. metaphoric meanings of Eng. spleen.]

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