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Quotation dates: 1926
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¶HEICH-SKEICH, adj. Irresponsible.Sc.(E) 1926 H. M'Diarmid Drunk Man 16:
Or green tides sweeshin' 'Neth heich-skeich stars.Sc.(E) 1926 H. M'Diarmid Penny Wheep 66:
On the hapless cities linked In canny civilisation's canty dance Poor herds o' heich-skeich monsters.
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