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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1959
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AIZER, n.2 Sc. form and usage of Eng. azure: washing blue used in rinsing clothes.Abd. 1959 People's Jnl. (7 Nov.) 7:
Aizer—azure, or in present-day parlance— blue bag. The stuff that's pitten intae the sweelin' watter tae mak' fite claes fiter.
