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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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¶HABS, n. pl. Clothes, garments.Ags. 1873 T. Watson Poems 23:
And there he stood, the very Deil In mortal shape, bedizened weel — Arrayed in ghastly habs complete: His sark was o' the winding-sheet.
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