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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1786
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PAITLICH, adj. ? Favourite, cherished.Edb. 1786 G. Robertson Har'st Rig (1801) lxxxvi.:
They sair bemane some paitlich gown . . . Which they brought claith-like frae the town.
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