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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1957
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HURRY, n.3 A wooden tool box (Sh. 1957).
Comb. hurry-box, id. (Sh. 1913 J. M. Hutcheson W.-L.).Sh. 1957 J. Stewart Shet. Archæology 54:
Containers of wood were legion, . . . caps and kits, saes and rubbin-tubs, bummies, kirns, fiddeks, daffeks, hurries and the rest.
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