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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1844
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†SCAFF, v.2 Sc. form of Eng. scoff, to ridicule. See P.L.D. §54.Bnff. 1844 T. Anderson Poems 21:
We'll find this toun was then nae caff, At which ilk neighbour toun might scaff.
