Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1760-1796, 1898
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QUORUM, n. Sc. usage: a gathering, esp. of friends for social purposes, a company. Mostly poet.Abd. c.1760 J. Skinner Amusements (1809) 56:
Blythe and cheerie we'll be a', And make a happy quorum.Edb. 1772 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 34:
But banish vile Italian tricks From out your quorum.Ayr. 1796 Burns O May, thy Morn ii.:
And here's to them we dare na tell, The dearest o' the quorum.Per. 1898 C. Spence Poems 39:
Thou art the first female who even yet knew The secret profound of a quorum so true.
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