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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1721
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¶GADGE, v.1 “To dictate impertinently. Talk idly with a stupid Gravity” (Gl. Ramsay). [gɑdʒ]Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 125:
It sets you well indeed to gadge! E'er I t' Apollo did ye cadge . . . A Glasgow capon and a Fadge Ye thought a Feast.
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