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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1909
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CHREE, adj. “Sc. dial. for three” (Lnk. 1909 Colville Studies in Lowland Scots 280). Known to Cai.7 1915, Fif.1, Fif.10 1940. [xri:; xi:]Lnk. 1909 Colville Studies in Lowland Scots 83:
Nor is there any Celtic influence in the Lanarkshire vulgarism of hree (pronounced chree) for three.
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