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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†BURLY WHUSH, n. comb. A children's game in which a ball is thrown up against a house or wall; for full description, see MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. (1824) 102. Marked obs. by E.D.D. Suppl. (1905). Not known to our correspondents.
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