Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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CHINA, n. “A boy's painted china marble” (Abd.9 1940; Per. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl., Fif.13 1940). Cf. Cheeny, n., 2.