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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Horscob, n. ? Var. of, or error for, horscok, horse-cock, ‘a small kind of snipe, Loth.’ (J). —1642 Edinb. B. Rec. VIII. 17.
The pair of snypis; … the pair of horscobs
