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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1924
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¶PEEVLESS, adj. Spiritless, listless, lacking in energy, lackadaisical.Abd. 1924 Scots Mag. (Sept.) 444:
Pithless an' peevless, he juist pouks an' plyters awa.
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