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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1832-1846
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¶GAFFIN, n. What is given in exchange, a piece of barter.Sc. 1832–46 Whistle-Binkie (1890) I. 15:
But smuggled gear's cheap (sae a' puir bodies trow,) Though they gatna great gaffins frae Wat o' the Howe.
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