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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1881

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AMONGST, prep. Sometimes used by Sc. writers of Eng. in a Scottish sense.Sc. 1881 A. Mackie Scotticisms 14:
The ostrich conceals her eggs amongst the sand — in the sand.

[See Amang, A.]

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