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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1897
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ASTRIDDLE, adv. Astride. Also in Nhb. dial.Bwk. 1897 R. M. Calder Poems 61:
As, chair astriddle I'd aft alane delight to try My faither's fiddle.
[A-, pref.2, + Striddle. Cf. Eng. astraddle, id.]
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