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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1707

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SLUNYIE, adj. ?Abd. 1707 Abd. Jnl. N. & Q. VII. 57:
For shaping the windows and making them ingoing, 2 lbs. 18 shil. (a slunyie bargain).

[Meaning and orig. obscure. The implication is "a thief's bargain."]

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