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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†CAPPER, n.4 ? Steel cap.s.Sc. 1847 H. S. Riddell Poems 216:
In cappers, right canty, our steeds we bestride, And bowne to the Foray on our Border-side.Ib. 33:
But I hae heard that they for fash, Oft beat their masters hollow, And cast their cappers proudly up, Where they may come to sleep or sup.
