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Quotation dates: 1820-1827
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¶REBUNCTIOUS, adj. Refractory, obstreperous. Only in Mrs. Johnstone.Sc. 1820 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gael I. 100:
The lasses mak' us a' a little rebunctious.Sc. 1827 C. I. Johnstone Eliz. de Bruce III. viii.:
I must own, she was rampant and rebunctious enough about the Fords of Oran last week, wi' the woman.
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