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Quotation dates: 1952-1994
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CONDEETION, n. Sc. form of Eng. condition (Sh., Ork., Cai., Edb., Arg., Ayr., Dmf., Rxb. 2000s).Gsw. 1970 George MacDonald Fraser The General Danced at Dawn (1988) 148:
"I'll get him replaced, sir. We cannae have him standing sentry, look at the condeetion of him."Ork. 1952 R. T. Johnston Stenwick Days (1984) 100:
"On wen condeetion," said Tristram. "Write a confession aboot the letter thoo sent me, an' a'll shaw it tae Veronica in confeedence, an' then a'll tear id up. ... "m.Sc. 1994 William J. Rae in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 115:
We bade in the same tent whaun under canvas, or in the same basha (hut) whaun condeetions were mair luxurious-like.
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