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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1687-1700+
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Crum(m)ock, n. [Also in later dial.] The plant skirret. Also attrib. with shaw. — 1693 Foulis Acc. Bk. 155.
To Geo. Cathcart for a longaval pear imp and crumockshawes 1703 Ib. 327.
Pasneips, turneips, crumocks, artichokes a1688 Wallace Orkney 35 (J).
Cabbage, … skirret, or crummocks, grow to as great a bigness here as anywhere
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