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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1850
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BLOUR, n. ? Patch of colour; mark, stain.Abd. c.1850 quoted in Deeside Field (1929) 42:
The nexten pledge that my love gaed me It was a belt wi' blours three; The first was sin, and the second shame, And last of all great misery.
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