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Quotation dates: 1922
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†HURRY, n.2 Also hurrie. A recess or corner inside a house used (1) as a privy in which urine was kept as a source of ammonia (Ork. 1929 Marw.); (2) as a store for ale jars (Ib.).(2) Ork. 1922 J. Firth Reminisc. 51:
He was kept a prisoner in the “ale hurry” until the stoor (blizzard) abated.
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