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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1951
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¶MERN, n. Mother.Per. 1951 N. B. Morrison Hidden Fairing iv.:
"Look, mern, look, do ye see yon wee one. Yon must be the baby." "Ay, yon's the cricklet", replied his mother.
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