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Quotation dates: 1871
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‡GAE-LATTIN, n. comb. Also -lattan. Parturition, delivery (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 58, -lattan), esp. in phr. at the gae-lattin, of a person or animal: about to give birth (Abd.4 1928), also used fig. of a person on the verge of bankruptcy (Abd.4 1929).Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxix.:
Meg Raffan taul' me . . . that An'ro Langchafts was jist at the gae-lattin', an' wud lickly need to gie up the chop a'thegither.
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