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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1701
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†BASTARD-SCURVEY, n. (See quot.)Sh. 1701 J. Brand Descr. of Orkney, Zetland, etc. (1883) vi.:
A kind of leprosy, which they call a Bastard-scurvey.
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