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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1822

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SKITTLE, v.1 Appar. to cut, hack.Ayr. 1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage 242:
Hae they broken your heart, or broken your head, Hae they rack'd we rungs, or skittled wi' steel.

[Also in this sense in w. Eng. dial. Rare and of obscure orig.]

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