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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1475-1500, 1597-1598
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Bone, a. [F. bon m. and bon(n)e f.] Good. (Only in phrases from French.) — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vi. 132.
Gud day, bone senȝhour a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 552.
Thow salbe fundin als febil of thy bone fay a1598 Ferg. Prov. 72.
Luck and a bone voyage
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