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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HEY, n.2 Also hay, hie. A halfpenny (Ags. 1919 T.S.D.C. III., hay, hie, Ags. 1957). [həi]Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) i.:
He thocht it was a marriage, an' that there micht be a chance o' some heys aboot the doors.

[A diphthongised form of ha' (penny).]

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