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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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¶FUSKET, n. A musket, gun.Sh. 1886 J. Burgess Sketches 110:
Da boys wis managed ta mak' oot tree auld fuskets, so we wirna oot o' da wy for want o' gunnin'.
[Phs. a conflation of musket and fusil, a flintlock gun.]
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