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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

BAD PLACE, n. Hell.m.Sc. 1992 Iain Banks The Crow Road (1993) 25:
'But dad, Mrs McBeath says there is so a God, so you'll go to the bad place.' 'Mrs McBeath is an idiot.'.Per. 1903 H. MacGregor Souter's Lamp 86:
Deil's Bairn, yer grannie's in the bad place noo.Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn.:
Bad place, the, hell.

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