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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1738
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†CANN, n. Money paid by an entrant to a Trade for the provision of drinks to the older members. “The custom amongst the Stirling Trades was that when a member entered the trade he was received at a meeting of a social character and paid for drinks to the older members” (Slg.2 1935).Slg. 1738 in Trans. Slg. Nat. Hist. and Arch. Soc. (1924–1925) 43:
The second William Lyon complained against for not paying sixteen shillings Scots as his Masters Cann when first elected master.
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