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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1823

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BAYHAY, n. An uproar, clamour (Bwk. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 12).Slk. 1823 Hogg Perils of Woman II. vii.:
Without making a great bayhay about it.

[Imit., phs. partly after Bay, v.¹ Cf. Bahaa.]

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