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Quotation dates: 1882
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EVEN, n. Evening. Now only dial. in Eng. In Sc. gen. only in phr. at even, in the evening (Abd., Ags. 1975). For reduced forms see E'en, n.Abd. 1882 W. Alexander My Ain Folk 187, 207:
I'll win hame at even at ony rate. . . . Dinna ye never gae fae hame at even?
