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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1908
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BAKKALIST, n. (See quot.) [′bɑkəlɪst]Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
Bakkalist, prop. edge of the sea? now only in certain phrases, as: to geng trough or about de hale b[akkalist], to search far and wide; to search everywhere (out of doors, away from the house), prob. perhaps to walk along the whole shore; he wakend de hale b[akkalist], he awakened the whole neighbourhood.
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