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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1928

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BELLY-RACKIT, n. A kind of feast.Bch. 1928 (per Abd.¹⁵):
Ay, they're aye growlin aboot hard times, but they can aye manage to hae a belly-rackit.

[Eng. racket, an uproar, a drinking bout.]

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