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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1728, 1806, 1929
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‡SHAP, n.1 Sc. form of Eng. shop (Slk. 1825 Jam.). See P.L.D. §54.Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) II. 20:
The wad-be Wits, he bade them a' but pap Their crazy Heads into Tam Tinman's Shap.Dmf. 1806 Scots Mag. (March) 206:
Whare vice wi' virtue baits his trap, An' Lucifer keeps open shap.Uls. 1929 M. Mulcaghey Ballymulcaghey 42:
There's three men poishened in the shap.
