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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1802, 1933
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BARRACK, n. A temporary hut or cabin; a sleeping-place for the men-servants on a farm. See also Berrick and Chaumer, 2. (2).Peb. 1802 C. Findlater Agric. Peb. 38:
The garret space, under the roof, may be divided into a place for lumber in the one end, and the other end fitted up with a couple of beds, into what is called a barrack room.Bnff.2 1933:
He bed [dwelt] a' last winter in the funhowe in a barrack o's ain erection.
