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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1868

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KECH, n. See quot.Ayr. 1868 J. K. Hunter Artist's Life xii.:
He asked if I would make a pair of kechs for him . . . I had never heard the term before. He said that it was a pair of shoes for his own girl.

[Etym. obscure.]

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