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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1825, 1922-1932
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BACKDRAUCHT, n. [′bɑk′drɑxt]
(1) The drawing in of the breath.Ags.(D) 1922 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden xii.:
Wi' the backdraucht [he] sent a moofu' o' tea up throo his nose.Fif. 1825 Jam.2:
We was whaslin like a blastit stirk i' the backdraucht.
(2) The gasp of one with whooping-cough.Bnff.2 1932:
Fin little Peter hid the kinkhost, he wiz sometimes blue in the face wi' the backdraucht.
