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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1908
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BOFSKIT, adv. Headlong, precipitately. [′bɔfskət]Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
Dey gude (went) b[ofskit] de ane ower de tidder (other), they fell or rolled headlong, the one over the other.
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