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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1887
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ANCIENTRY, AUNCIENTRY, n. Old-fashionedness in children, precociousness.Cld. 1887 Jam.6:
The ancientry o' that bairn I dinna like; he talks like a gran'father.
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