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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1869
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¶WINNIKE, n. Appar. some kind of non-alcoholic beverage.Gsw. 1869 E. Johnston Poems 126:
But what care I, they ne'er can school My reason up tae such a rule Tae drink 'winnike,' cauld and foul.
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