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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1943
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¶AWINKIES, adj. Glossed as 'verminous', but prob. representing a' (all) + winkies, n. pl., = ? lice, but the word has not been confirmed elsewhere.Abd. 1943 W. S. Forsyth Guff o' Waur 65:
Hotchin' wastert, reekin' sair, awinkies to the hose.
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