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Quotation dates: 1756
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†UNHAPPY, adj. Sc. usage: bad-tempered, cantankerous.Sc. 1756 M. Calderwood Journal (M.C.) 127:
He was so unhappy, (which signifies ill-nature in Scots,) that she durst never ask anything at him he was not pleased to tell her.
