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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1898
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BUFFIE, n. School slang: “a fighting apartment” (Edb. 1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton, Gloss.).Edb. 1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton i.:
So I turned round and pushed him over. Wi' that a great lot o' them gar'd us come to the buffie, and I had a fecht with him.Edb. 1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton ii.:
Gab at his highness if ye daur, Doon to the buffie; Button up your jacket, face the star, Then into cuffie.
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