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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1877
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BACKIN, n.1 The day after a fair; “The day after a wedding” (S.D.D. 191; not known to our correspondents).Lnk. 1877 W. McHutchison Poems 141:
That was the way they spent the backin' O' Airdrie fair.
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