Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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AUCHTEEN, AUGHTEEN, adj.1 Sc. form of eighteen. [′ɑxtin]m.Sc. 1917 J. Buchan Poems 55:
I had auchteen months o' the war.