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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1880-1929
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EPPLE, n. Sc. form of Eng apple. Cf. Aipple. [ɛpl]Bnff. 1880 J. T. S. Gordon Chrons. Keith 160:
The farmer cannily enjoined “Noo, ye mauna pu' the epples”.Mearns 1929 J. B. Philip Weelum 19:
They'll . . . cairry aff a hail back-birn o' epples.
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