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Indicating the omission of the letters ac in the patronymic Mac-, or the letter c in the patronymic Mc-.

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  1. Indicating the omission of the letters ac in the patronymic Mac-, or the letter c in the patronymic Mc-.

    PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS, BY B. M‘MILLAN, BOW STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

    1809, A Voyage to the Demerary, Containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements there, and of Those on the Essequebo, the Berbice, and Other Contiguous Rivers of Guyana, London, →OCLC
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    So saying, she sate down at a little distance upon the bench on which Allan M‘Aulay was placed, and tuning her clairshach, a small harp, about thirty inches in height, she accompanied it with her voice.

    1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter VI, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume III (A Legend of Montrose), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 274

    An’ Willie, the poet, o’ paper run scant, / Has spoilt a’ his auld minnie’s wa’s wi’ his scribblery, / Wi’ a burned stick end he has written a rant— / They’re black as the deevil wi’ Meggie M‘Givelry.

    1847, John Halliday, “Meggie M‘Givelry”, in The Rustic Bard, or, A Voice from the People; Being Miscellaneous Poems and Songs, Galashiels: James Brown, […], page 319
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