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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GESKAFOO, -FU', adj. “Affable in manner, pleasant, kindly disposed” (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [′g(j)ɛskəfu]Ork. 1912 Old-Lore Misc. V. ii. 69:
Mansie's son was a geskafu' bit a boy, an' he turned oot a grand scholard.
