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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1912-1934
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BEJANTINE, Bejantina, n. Names given to a first-year woman student in Arts at St Andrews University. [bidʒən′taɪn(ə)]Fif. 1912 To a Bejantina in College Echoes XXIV. viii. 126:
She swam into my ken — the line's by Keats — A bejantina with her hair in pleats!Fif. 1934 (per Ags.1):
In St Andrews University a female bejant is called a bejantine.
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