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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1825

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NOWTIT, ppl.adj. See quot.Abd. 1825 Jam.:
A potatoe is said to be nowtit, when it has a hollow in the heart.

[? From Note, n.3 or Knoit, n.1, through neither form nor semantic development is clear.]

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