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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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ASKIE-IN, n.phr. A payment made to an employer to take on an apprentice.Ags. 1962 Scots Mag. (Oct.) 2:
Apprenticeships usually required an “askie-in”, and wages were also very low.
[For ask ye in, sc. ‘an invitation’.]
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