Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BECOMES, v. (See quot.)Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn.:
“She becomes her bonnet,” means the bonnet becomes her. “Shure the creathur becomes his new shuit.”
