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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BEDFU' O' BANES, phr. A very thin person. [′bɛdfə ɔ benz]Sc. 1832 A. Henderson Sc. Proverbs 1:
An auld man's a bedfu' o' banes.
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