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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1778-1805
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SIP, v.1 Sc. usage: to eat in spoonfuls or in good mouthfuls, not as in Eng. in small bites or draughts (Cai. 1904 E.D.D., Bnff., Ags. 1970).Lnk. a.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 30:
Tak your mind o't as our cat did o' the haggies, when she sippit it a'.Lnk. 1805 G. McIndoe Poems 11:
Sip pease-brose wi' my wife an' bairns.
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