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Quotation dates: 1896
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†PAF, n. Used only attrib. as in quot.Sc. 1896 Chambers's Jnl. (21 March) 177:
A great grievance with certain districts is that paf herrings, from the three emporiums on the Aberdeenshire coast — Peterhead, Aberdeen and Fraserburgh — have a preference amongst buyers, before those either to North or South.
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