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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1898
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HAWKER, n. Sc. usages:
1. Ground bait thrown out to entice fish (Abd. 1929 A. Rannie W.-L.).
†2. Used by boys attending George Heriot's School, Edinburgh, as an epithet for pupils of other schools.Edb. 1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton 22:
The exclusive idea which separated all boys into two classes, viz., Herioters or knaps as they called themselves, and non-Herioters, who were dubbed Keelies or hawkers.
