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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1917-1957
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ILL-KINDED, adj. Ill-disposed, cruel; having a wicked disposition (Fif., m.Lth. 1958).m.Sc. 1917 O. Douglas The Setons iii.:
He's an ill laddie that . . . but there's wan thing aboot him he's no' ill-kinded to beasts.em.Sc. 1957 Scots Mag. (Sept.) 497:
Independent they are — though never ill-kindet.
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