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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512, 1624
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Gallowbreid, -bread, n. [Gallow n.; e.m.E. breede (1553), f. the verb.] A gallows-bird. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 141.
Thow come in grit neid. Greitand in Galloway, lyk to ane gallow breid 1624 Misc. Abbotsf. C. 143.
Ȝe was angrie, and called him, ‘gallow bread’, quhilk is, hangit man
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