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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1871-1907

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THRILL, n. Also thril. Servitude, bondage. Only liter.Sc. 1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms lx. 5:
That the folk ye loe weel may win hame out o' thril.Sc. 1907 D. MacAlister Echoes (1923) 125:
Wha canna thole, what'er betide, Tae live in thrill tae onie.

[A nonce usage from O.Sc. thryll, a slave, bondman, thrildom, slavery, 1375, Sc. variants of Eng. thral(ldom). Cf. also Thirl.]

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