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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1789-1828, 1929

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BALLAT, BALLET, n. A ballad(e).Sc. 1828 Scott F. M. Perth ii.:
What, shall we have our ballets, and our roundels again?Sc. 1929 L. Spence in Holyrood (ed. W. H. Hamilton) 174:
Awa' wi' yer diddles on the pipes and the fiddles, Awa' wi' yer ballats and yer flings sae free!Ayr. 1789 D. Sillar Poems 236:
An' tell them too, I'll never grudge them, A rantin' ballat tae oblige them.

[O.Sc. ballat, ballet, a ballad or song, orig. intended as an accompaniment to a dance. Mid.Eng. balade, O.Fr. balade, a dancing song, Provençal, balada, a dance, late Lat. ballāre, to dance. The form Ballant does not seem to occur in O.Sc. It is now in frequent use in literary Sc., perhaps through the influence of Scott.]

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