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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

AFFCASTINS, n. Cast-off clothes. [′ɑf′kɑstɪnz]Sh.4 1930:
Da peerie boy lookit wheer atill his alder bridder's affcastins.Ork.(D) 1880 Dennison Orc. Sk. Bk. 60:
If ever a rivlin geed on her fit, hid wus only the aff-castin's o her man.

[Rivlins = shoes made of raw hide. (A.)]

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