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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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WEEL-FORRIT, adj. Well to the forefront, prominent in public life, eminent. See Forrit.Arg. 1917 A. W. Blue Quay Head Tryst 94:
Whanever ye find a weel forrit man among the owld Ceannloch hands in California or far Australia, ye hae a link direct wi' smugglin' or the press-gang.