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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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SLEEVE, v. To go arm-in-arm with, keep company with (one of the opposite sex), court. Sc. slang. Cf. sleeve-poultice, as a jocular term for a sweetheart (Ork. 1975).m.Sc. 1949 F. Urquhart Dying Stallion (1967) 54:
The Irish loon is sleevin' Norma. I hear tell they're gettin' marriet in the spring.

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