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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1768

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†BADDORDS, n.pl. Low raillery or half-humorous abuse.Abd. [1768] A. Ross Helenore (1778) 63:
'Tis nae sic thing, and ye're but scant of grace, To tell sic baddords till a bodie's face.

[Prob. contracted from bad words. Phs. this word and Badder, n. (see Bather), have reacted on each other.]

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