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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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SWEEPIT, n. Also -id. A particle, grain, the least little bit (Ork. 1972).Uls. 1901 Northern Whig:
“I haven't a sweepit” means I have not what you could sweep.Ork. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 58:
Thir a' awa, every sweepid o' them.