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Quotation dates: 1825, 1898
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‡BADGE, n. (See first quot.)Slk. 1825 Jam.2:
Badge. A large ill-shaped burden.Slk. 1898 J.M. in E.D.D.:
There came in a “puir man” carrying a bundle of firewood, and said “Will ye hae a badge o' sticks?”
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