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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1875
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'AVE-A-CARRY ME, interj. (See quot.)Fif. 1875 A. Burgess Poute (1890) 113:
'Ave-a-carry me, Tibby; i' oor young days the laddies wud a' been terrified oot o' their wits to hae spoken that way.
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