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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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AUCHTEENAUGHTEEN, adj.1  Sc. form of eighteen. [′ɑxtin]m.Sc. 1917 J. Buchan Poems 55:
I had auchteen months o' the war.

[O.Sc. auchtene. O.E. eahtatȳne, -tēne.]

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