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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1887-1925
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‡JALLISIE, n. Also jollisie, -cy. An illness (Mry.1 1925; Bnff. 1959); fig. a breakdown. [′dʒɑlɪse, ′dʒǫlɪse]Mry. 1887 A. G. Wilken Peter Laing 55:
If ye took ony jollicy ye hed jist to get some auld wife's cure.Mry. 1925:
The car's taen a jollisie.
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