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Quotation dates: 1950
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KALENDS, n.pl. Sc. usage in phr. the cauld kalends, the cold spell which freq. occurs at the beginning of the spring months, esp. March or May (Mry., Abd. 1959). Also calendars (ne.Sc., Ags. 1959). [′kelən(dər)z, kǫ-]Abd. 1950 Buchan Observer (2 May):
Who has not heard of the Gab o' May and of May's “cauld kalends” besides? But not only at the advent of the month may cold, wet, and stormy weather be expected.
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