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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BUCKSTURDIE, adj. “Obstinate” (Ags. (Strathmore) 1825 Jam.2; Ags.1 1936).Ags.(D) 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) xiv.:
He's as bucksturdie as a mule when he tak's it in's heid.
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