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Quotation dates: 1828-1890
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FROON, v., n. Also froun. Gen.Sc. forms of Eng. frown. [fru:n]Sc. 1828 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 86:
Dinna froon — there's nae dishonour in dotage, when nature's its object.Bwk. c.1860 Minstrelsy of the Merse (ed. Crockett 1893) 285:
O there's mirth an' there's glee — on ilk face do you see The ghaist o' a gloom or a froun', O?Dmf. 1875 A. Anderson Two Angels 72:
They never heed a word I speak, I try to gi'e a froon.Sc. 1890 D. Rorie Auld Doctor (1920) 5:
There's a moral attached to my sang, On greed ye should aye gie a froon.
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