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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TRUELINS, adv. Also trulin(e)s, troulins. Truly, indeed (Ags., Lth., Dmf. 1825 Jam., Sh. 1973). Also used quasi n. in excl. phr. my truelins, upon my word!Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 127:
Trulins fou'k afore they leap shou'd look.
Sc. 1820 Blackwood's Mag. (Nov.) 154:
My trulines, gin they had to hurkle down on a heap o' haver straw.
Bwk. 1823 A. Hewit Poems 156:
An' troulins rant, “Gude save the King”.
Slk. 1836 Fraser's Mag. (May) 612:
My trulins, my man, but that wad be a trick worth twenty!
Sc. 1913 H. P. Cameron Imit. Christ i. xxiv.:
Ye canna troulins hae the twa Paradises the noo.

[True + -Lins, 2.]

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