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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1892
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BETIMES, adv. Sometimes written by times. At times, occasionally. Cf. Bytimes.Hdg. 1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-Head, etc. 301:
Betimes it dawked, and the sun would . . . couch behind the cloud-blanket again.
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