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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1883
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LOIT, v.2 To loaf about, dawdle, lounge (Kcd. 1961). Rare.Ags. 1883 Brechin Advert. (24 April) 3:
Fat wid ye think o' three able-bodied young men loitin at their auld mither's fireside, the hale winter ower.
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