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‡BLASTIE, n.2 A nickname for a native of Kilbirnie in Ayrshire, from the blast furnaces at the local iron-works (Ayr. 1968).Ayr. c.1910 J. Cook We're a' frae Kilbirnie:
We're a' frae Kilbirnie, We're Blasties every wan.
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