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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1956
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NACKERTY, prop.n. In comb. Nackerty button, see quot.Lnk. 1956 Sc. Adult Education (Aug.) 28:
Nackerty buttons. (This was the name given in Uddingstone to safety pins—the suggestion being that they were commonly used as substitutes for buttons in the nearby mining village of Nackerty.)
