Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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AFTENTIMES, adv. Oftentimes. Chiefly poetical. Gen.Sc.Sc. 1721 A. Ramsay Poems 324:
It blather'd Buff before them a', And aften times turn'd doited.Sc. [1827] J. Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 344:
Heavy griefs makin aftentimes the burden o' life hard to bear.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 61:
Lads aftentimes poor lasses use to cheat.Abd. 1922 Abd. Wkly. Press 14 Jan. 1/1:
An' tears doon her cheeks they wad aftentimes rin.
