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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1721
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A, prep.4 Broken-down form of at through lack of stress.Sc. 1721 Jas. Kelly Proverbs 38:
A leasure, as Lairds dies. [At leisure.]
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