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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1824
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†WHUNCE, n. A heavy blow; the sound of such a blow, a thud (Kcb. c.1900).Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 267:
Some unfit to stan' a whunce, Sten'd aff.
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