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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1917
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¶EAR-SOUND, n.comb. Earshot.w.Dmf. 1917 J. L. Waugh Cute McCheyne (1929) 30:
As we ha'e nae neibours within ear-soun', she can rattle it up like hie-ma-nanny whenever she has the mind.
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