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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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‡EXCLAIM, n. Shout, exclamation (Rxb.⁴ 1944).Fif. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair v. ii.:
It needed not that with a third exclaim King James's trumlpeter aloud should cry.Ayr. a.1878 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage, etc. and Poems (1892) 190–191:
Syne brak' into ae great exclaim: “As God's my judge, it's Willy Grame!”Abd.²¹ c.1890:
I hard her come oot wi a great exclaim.