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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tone, Toane, n.2 [Gael. tòn.] The buttocks, the anus. — a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 502.
Lunatike, lymare … louse thy hose That I may touch thy tone [B. toung] wyth tribulation a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 520.
Thy dok of dirt drepis and will nevir dry To tume thy tone [B. tvn] it has tyrit carlingis ten Urquhart Rabelais (Gargantua) i xiii.
St. Anthony's fire seize on thy toane
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