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Quotation dates: 1887
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ILL-FITTIT, ppl.adj. Having an unlucky foot, bringing bad luck with one (Sh., Rxb. 1958).Bnff. 1887 G. Hutcheson Days of Yore 24:
They were also in terror when going to their boats that they would meet anyone who was “ill-fitted”, because if they did so they were sure that they would at least get no fish that day.
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