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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CONDUCIBLE, adj. Tractable, docile. Found in this sense only once in Eng. (1846) as a “factitious archaism” (N.E.D.).Kcb.⁶ 1916:
She's a rale conducible wee thing.