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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1952

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GASH, adj.4 Unoccupied, idle; empty.Mearns 6 1952:
"A'm busy jist noo, git some o yir gash han's tae dee't." "There wis jist a wee puckle in een o the bags, the lave wis gash."

[A voiced form of O.Sc. cass, null, void, with extended meaning. Cf. Cass, v.]

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