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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1908-1914
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BONABÄG, n. (See quot.)Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
Bonabäg, dwindling; languishing; miserable state, esp. of cattle lean from hunger; come to b[onabäg], miserable; skinny (of cattle); sometimes in the expr. "gane to b[onabäg]," vanished; gone away; lost, both of living beings (animals) and of objects.Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. s.v. bônabag.
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