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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1865

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¶HOXTER POXTER, adv. In a close embrace.Mry. 1865 W. H. L. Tester Poems 148:
Rowdy-dowdy, hoxter poxter — Ower the chair they tumbled baith.

[A nonce reduplic. formation from Oxter, q.v.]

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