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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1891-1917
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SMIRK, v.3 Sc. form of Eng. smirch, gen. as ppl.adj. smirkit, -ed, besmirched, stained (Mry., Abd., Fif. 1970). Rare and chiefly liter.Sc. 1891 Scots Mag. (Feb.) 170:
A minister's character's easily smirked.Abd. 1917 D. G. Mitchell Clachan Kirk 194:
They played wi' Time, an' the gowden days were smirkit wi' sin.
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