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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1894, 1988
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BULLIE, BULLY, n.2 “The bullfinch” (Mry.1 1925, bully; Ags.1 1927; Fif., Edb. 1937 (per Lnl.1); Rxb. 1915 G. Watson Nat. Hist. Lists, bullie), Pyrrhula europæa. Given in E.D.D. for Nhb., s.Not.Ags. 1894 “F. Mackenzie” Humours of Glenbruar iii.:
Sal, Tibbie, that's a bullie's nest.Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 67:
And there's birds: the mavis, the spug, the corbie,
the stuckie, the greenlintie, the bullie, e'en a gow,
and there's a hornygoloch and there's a slater,
sae muckle life in sic a smaa place
gin ye look!
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