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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CUDDOCH, CUTTOCH, CUDDOCK, Cuttach, n. A young cow, from a year or eighteen months to two years old (Sc. 1887 Jam.⁶, cuttoch, -ach; Wgt. 1794 in G. Fraser Lowland Lore (1880) 70, cuddoch, 1855 J. C. Morton (ed.) Cycl. Agric. II. 722, cuddock; Kcb.³ 1929, cuttoch). [′kʌdəx, ′kʌtəx, ′kʌdək]wm.Sc. 1835–37 Old Ballad in Laird of Logan Add. 576:
The kye's gane to the birken wood, The cuttochs to the broom.Dmf. 1831 R. Shennan Tales, etc. 80:
The cuddochs I saw, A' packed in crues, with their heads to the wa'.