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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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ENNIS, Innis, n. “A very poor house, a ruined house” (Ork. 1929 Marw.; Ork.2 1948). [′enɪs, ′ɪnəs (Marw.)]Ib.:
That's a mere ennis o' a place tae live in.

[A curtailed form of innhouse, now obs. in Eng., prob. with regard to the wretchedness of many inns, esp. in the 18th cent.]

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