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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1897, 1951
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SHOW, n.1, v.1 Also sho. Sc. usages: 1. In comb.: show-buik, a child's picture-book (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Slg., Lnl., Lnk. 1970). Cf. Eng. dial. show, a picture in a book.
2. The foliage of potatoes (Sh. 1970). See Shaw.Sh. 1897 Shetland News (21 Aug.):
If da shos is very grit, da tatties 'ill nedder be grit or guid.Sh. 1951 Sh. Folk Book II. 89:
To set the moold up aboot twartree o' da tattie shows.
3. With def. art.: a cinema (Ags. (Dundee) 1970); in pl.: a fair with side-shows, etc. (Sc. 1937 E. Partridge Slang Dict. 1169; m.Sc. 1970).
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