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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1843, 1914
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OR, conj.2 As in Eng., introducing an alternative. Occas., as in colloq. Eng., for nor, after neither. For phr. or else, ens or than no, ironically, = Eng. "I don't think," after a statement to infer that the truth is the exact opposite. See also Else, Ense, Than.Sc. 1843 Willie Armstrong ii. ii.:
Weel, they ken Durie, or else no!Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.:
Neder de or me.
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