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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1889
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BACK-EN', n. The distant or remote part of a parish, district, etc. [′bɑk′ęn]Ayr. 1889 H. Johnston Chron. of Glenbuckie xxii.:
Did ye fin' muckle sickness i' the back-en' o' our ain parish, as ye cam through?
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