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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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KEESICH, int. See quot.Bnff. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl.:
When a person entered a room he tapped the man sitting say, at the fireside on the shoulder and said “Keesich!” Then he was provided with a seat.

[This word is of doubtful authenticity. It may represent a mishearing of gie's a sicht (of the fire), still in common colloq. use.]

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