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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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¶ENG, adj. Narrow.Sh. 1832 in Old-Lore Misc. (1914) VII. iv. 152:
He wis a cruell mann, and kilt da peable i da kintra, and dey wis forced to hide in da helyers att wis too eng for ham to get his boady in toie.