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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1825-1826, 1925
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ASSIEPET, ASHYPET, adj. and n. (See quots.)Ayr. 1825 Jam.2:
Employed in the lowest kitchen work.Ayr. 1826 Galt The Last of the Lairds v.:
She obtained for him, about the age of seven, a sort of ashypet office in the Laird's kitchen.Rxb. 1825 Jam.2:
Assiepet, a dirty little creature; synon. with skodgie. [Now obs. Watson Rxb. W.-B. (1923).]e.Dmf. 1925 “H. McDiarmid” Sangschaw 29:
Oh! the King's gane gyte, Puir auld man, puir auld man, An' an ashypet lassie Is Queen o' the lan'.
