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Quotation dates: 1897
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HANDEL, n. Fishing tackle or gear; “gear necessary for the execution of some work or other; goods; luggage; traps” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)).Sh. 1897 Shetland News (2 Oct.):
I' da time 'at I got me handel tagedder, Girzzie leepid da bait, an' lightin' me pipe awa' I gengs.
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