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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1852
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KECK, v.4 ? To tilt, knock to one side. Also in Eng. dial.Clc. 1852 G. P. Boyd Misc. Poems 41:
Auld Jean—drunk, wi' her spunk basket, Was stottin' like a keckit casket.
[See note to Keck, v.1]
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