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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BAKE SIDE, n. ? Rough or back side.Ags. 1711 A. J. Warden Burgh Laws of Dundee (1872) 570:
He that enters the cloth with the drest side uppermost or the bake side next the wench, 2d.