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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1818-1852
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‡MISS-KATIE, n.
1. A jocular variant of mosquito (e.Rs.1 1929). Also fig.Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xviii.:
Gie a plack to rid the land of the swarm of Arminian caterpillars, Socinian pismires, and deistical Miss Katies.
2. A fish-wife who sold dried fish at fairs and markets.Mry. 1852 A. Christie Mountain Strains 72:
Aul wives wi sweeties, cheap Johns an' misskaties.
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