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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1894
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ASSORTED, ppl.adj. Dressed up, over-dressed.Ags.(D) 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) 27:
Mistress Mollison was juist as assorted as uswal. She'd as muckle on as wudda dressed twa or three folk, an' she was ill-cled at that.
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"Assorted ppl. adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 12 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/assorted>
