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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1877
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¶RAB, n.1 Curtailed form of rabbit.Lnk. 1877 W. M'Hutchison Poems 121:
Yae day, whan frozen was the drap, Tae catch a Rab I set a trap.