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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1936
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ON-SLACKENIN, ppl.adj. Without slackening or relaxing. Used fig. in quot.Abd. 1936 Abd. Univ. Review (March) 155:
Syne [he] poor't oot sic lang-nebbit wirds, on-slackenin' his theets.
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