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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1803

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BUSHERY, n. A clump of bushes.Abd. 1803 R. Couper Tourifications of Malachi Meldrum II. 131:
What fine lawns and fawns, shrubberies and busheries.

[Prob. formed on analogy with Eng. shrubbery.]

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