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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1897

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SPLORE, v.2 To hunt about, search.Sc. 1897 W. Beatty Secretar xiv.:
After I had speiled the dyke and splored about a while I crept in under one of the gravestones.

[Nonce aphetic form of explore, on analogy with Sploit, n., Stent, etc.]

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