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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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‡SWARTATEE, int. Also swartati(e) (Jak.). Used imprecatively: bad luck to . . , deuce take . .! (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 214, 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl.). [′swɑrtɑti]
[Ad. Norw. dial. svarta ti(d), “black time,” sc. a period of ill-luck. Cf. Ill-oor.]
