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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bent day, [Bent n.] A holiday given to schoolboys for the purpose of gathering bent. — 1598 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 233.
That nane have power to gif the play or bent dayis bott the principall maister
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