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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1663
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Sculdudry, n. [Of unknown origin. Common in the later Sc. dial.] Fornication. — 1663 Argyll-Lauderdale Lett. 34 n.
You have [name omitted from text] … now in your hands, not for sculdudry … but for a less gentlemanny crime, theft
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