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"ref": "1862, Song of Solomon, in Twenty-four English Dialects, page 282 (Westmorland dialect)",
"text": "By neeght, o' my bed, I laited him, at my sowl luvs : I laited him, but I dudn't find um."
},
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"ref": "1877, John Frances, quoting a girl from the moorlands of Yorkshire, Notes and queries, page 10",
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"(transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal, obsolete) To seek; search for; inquire."
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},
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"ref": "1877, John Frances, quoting a girl from the moorlands of Yorkshire, Notes and queries, page 10",
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