Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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‡ALAKANEE, ALACKANIE, int. Alas! Alack!Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems 94:
It breaks my Heart; My Gowd! my Bands! alackanie! That we shou'd part.Edb. 1822 R. Wilson Poems, The Twa Craws v.:
Alackanee! it's ill to find A man sae sympathisin' kind.Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems 20:
The cheeriest swain that e'er the meadows saw; Alakanee! — is Robin gane awa'?Rxb. 1826 A. Scott Poems 148:
But now a blank thou'st left behind, Alackanie, An' I henceforth maun ever find The miss o' thee.
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