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Quotation dates: 1822
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UNHEARD-TELL-O', ppl. adj. phr. Unheard of. See Hear, v., 2.Slk. 1822 Hogg Perils of Man (1972) xxviii.:
There'll be news afore the morn that's unheard tell o' yet.
