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Quotation dates: 1857
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COMMUNITY, n. A disturbance, a row. Nonce usage, prob. meant to indicate uneducated speech.Lth. 1857 Misty Morning 44:
"Wheesht! wheesht!" cried Mrs Artichoke, "and dinna mak a community in the house."
