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Quotation dates: 1870
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BAUKEN, n. A bat.m.Sc. 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 24:
In the kingdom o' nature he kens ilka creature, . . . Hoo men sprang frae monkeys, and horses frae donkeys, . . . The mule frae the mauken, the bird frae the bauken.
