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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1915
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DOWS, n.pl. In exclam. phr. fair dows!, fair play!Dmf. 1915 D. J. Beattie Oor Gate-en' 55:
Haud on! Fair dows! It's my turn now!
[A s.Sc. variant of Eng. do in fair do, where the diphthong has developed on analogy with dow, Doo, n. See P.L.D. §101.]
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