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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1908-1914
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BONFROST, Bon, n. (See quot.)Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
Bonfrost, very severe frost, prop. when water freezes to the bottom. . . . In the expression "to freeze lek [like] de bon," to freeze very hard, bon is certainly an abbreviation of bonfrost.Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.
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