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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1927
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HENNYSEED, n. Sc. form of Eng. aniseed (Knr. 1957).m.Sc. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood x.:
That's a smell ye never fand afore? It's what they call oil of hennyseed.
