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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1915-1924
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BENCAPE, BENKEP, adj. Prime, first-rate. [′bɛn′kɑp, -′kep, -′kɛp]Bnff.(D) 1924 “Knoweheid” in Swatches o' Hamespun 10:
Capital, wife, that's benkep.Abd.(D) 1915 H. Beaton At the Back o' Benachie 114:
That wull be bencape; there wull be boorichs [heaps] o' kent fouk there.
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