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

Quotation dates: 1908-1914

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BAMBUS, n. [′bɑm′bus, ′bɑm′bos]

1. Hurry-skurry.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
To come in a b[ambus].

2. (See quot.)Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.:
Bambus. A state of great uproar and confusion.

[Phs. bang and Norse buse, Sw. busa, to rush wildly on.]

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