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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1871-1886, 1958
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LUDER-HORN, n. comb. Also looder-, louder-. A bullock's horn used as a trumpet by fishing-boats for signalling in fog or darkness (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., 1914 Angus Gl., Sh. 1961). [′ludər-]Sh. 1871 R. Cowie Shetland 127:
The young men . . . dressed in the coarsest of garments, . . . drag huge tar barrels through the town, shouting and cheering as they go, or blowing loud blasts with their "louder horns."Sh. 1886 J. Burgess Sketches 61:
He uttered a series of most fearful "too-s!" from an old "looder-horn" of Robbie's.Sh. 1958 New Shetlander No. 46 18:
A voice laek a looder-hoarn roarin in me lug.
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