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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1929
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†GOIND, adj. Of an animal: wasted, emaciated (Ork. 1922 J. Firth Reminisc. 151), used “of a beast that has lost its appetite and is looking lean and hungry and unwell” (Marw.). [gɔind]Ork. 1929 Marw.:
It's lookan' awful goind-like.
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