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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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SUSKET, n. A shot, a ball from a gun.Per. a.1869 C. Spence Poems (1898) 183:
And her sae sickened wi' a susket Sent frae the muzzle o' a musket.

[Nonce word formed to rhyme with musket.]

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