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Quotation dates: 1862
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¶'ROO, adv. An aphetic form of through. See T, letter.Gsw. 1862 J. Gardner Jottiana 39:
He cam' an' ink on desk did lay, An' then we bored holes 'roo an' 'roo, Put scum o' auld ink owre't to view, An' when he turned his back we put The pen doon 'roo, an' sae we loot A' the ink rin upon the floor.
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