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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1909

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CARN, v. To spoil; to soil. Not known to our correspondents.Bch. 1909 Colville 133:
I carned ee aa' wi' the jice (gravy).

[Perhaps a variant of Kirn, v.¹, 2 (3), q.v.]

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