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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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†POPLEXY, n. Aphetic form of apoplexy. Also in reduced form plexie, id. Phr. to get the plexies, to suffer an apoplectic fit.Ayr. 1826 Galt Last of Lairds iii.:
Through accidence of memory, I forgot to tell you o' the poplexy.Ayr. 1901 G. Douglas Green Shutters xxvi.:
Gourlay was that mad at the drucken young swine that he got the 'plexies, fell aff the ladder, and felled himsell deid.