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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1898
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†KID, n.2 A schoolboys' slang term for a boy during his first six months at George Heriot's School.Edb. 1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton 25:
He knew he was only a kid; that as such he must remain for six months, performing during that time some of the lighter scogieing jobs for the knaps.
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