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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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WEEL-SORTET, ppl.adj. Well-tended, carefully looked after. See Sort, v 1.Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 2:
The bonnie gerssy haugh — that weel-sortet an taen sic grand care o.