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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1929

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WINDRIFT, n. Ruin, destruction (Ork. 1974). [′wɪndrɪft]Ork. 1929 Marw.:
A' geen tae windrift.

[Variant form of Wanthrift, q.v.]

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