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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1767-1808, 1866
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BELLY-FLAUGHT, adv.2 Used with flay or slay. (See quots.)n.Sc. 1808 Jam.:
Belly-flaught. To slay, or flay, belly-flaught, to bring the skin overhead, as in flaying a hare.Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 217:
To flay by taking the skin over the head,as a hare is flayed. (See Jamieson).Abd.(D) 1767 R. Forbes Jnl. from London, etc. (1869) 13:
Gin ye'll tak' the pains to fin' him out, an' flay him belly-flaught, his skin wad mak' a gallant tulchin for you.
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