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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1915

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FIDGES, n. Form, appearance.Abd.14 c.1915:
A witch was said to have appeared in the fidges of a hare.

[Either an aphaeretic form of arch. Eng. effigies, id., or from a wrong division of the effigies. Cf. Feedge.]

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