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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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UNSNOODED, ppl.adj. Of hair: not confined or tied back with a ribbon or band. See Snuid, v.Sc. a.1758 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) III. 340:
Wha niest to thy white Breasts wilt thow intice With hair unsnooded and without thy Stays.