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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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LAB-, adj. In combs. lab-sided, leaning to one side, lop-sided, awry, lit. and fig. (Fif., Lth., wm.Sc., Gall., Rxb., Uls. 1960); lab-skewed, id. (Uls. 1931 Northern Whig (14 Dec.) 9).Wgt. 1883 D. McWhirter Ploughboy's Musings 58:
I sat an' drank till nearly fou, A wee lab-sided, careless, hearty.Gsw. 1898 D. Willox Poems 226:
This is likely tae be a too labsided argument.Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 89:
She didna sweem well, Miss De Magistris, aa lab-sidit, wi ill-setten swypin strokes.