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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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STATION, n. Sc. usages: (1) in comb. station agent, a railway station-master, whose duties were orig. largely to bring traffic to the railway. Gen. (exc. I.) Sc.; (2) in dim. form stationie, -y, a hypocoristic form of station-master (ne.Sc., Ags., Per. 1971). See -Ie, B. 2.(a).(1) Bnff. 1902 Banffshire Jnl. (10 Jan.):
New Station Agent. Mr W. M. Grant has been appointed station master.Abd. 1926 J. Forbes John Hendry's Wye 42:
The station agent says the word is that they've found naething.(2) Ags. 1905 A. N. Simpson Bobbie Guthrie 205:
Drumgair cam o'er ta the stationie and me.Kcd. 1933 L. G. Gibbon Cloud Howe 136:
The porters and stationy.