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Quotation dates: 1880
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BEES-WID, adv. Be as it would, however.Ork.(D) 1880 Dennison Orcad. Sk. Bk. 3:
Sae micht I trive, they wur no' muckle order amang the Nort'-en' boats that day, bees-wid.
