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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1821
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¶YOUK SAAN, n. Representing an old Edb. street-cry: see quot.Sc. 1821 Blackwood's Mag. (July) 400:
Youk Saan betokened that the crier dealt in that truly Scots commodity, yellow sand.
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