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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BOXIE, n. Common Sc. dim. of St.Eng. box, but applied specifically in Cai. and Abd. to a melodeon (Cai.⁸ 1934, Abd.¹⁹, Abd.²² 1935); an accordion.Cai. 1992 James Miller A Fine White Stoor 96:
... the musicians arrived, bearing accordion and fiddle.
... Rob was smiling. 'No muckle has changed in the music field,' he said. 'still the old boxie and the fiddle. Kate Dalrymple is still lowping.'Abd. 1996 Norman Harper and Robbie Shepherd Anither Dash O' Doric 84:
'Michty, I wis doon at the jiner the ither day and he said he wid mak me a boxie for twinty poun.'
'Weel, g'awa til the jiner if ye please, bit I'll gie ye a fortnicht and yer erse'll be oot the dowp o't.'wm.Sc. 1984 Christine Marion Fraser Return To Rhanna (1990) 277:
When her brother spoke of having 'a wee talk at the boxie' it was his way of saying he was going to make use of the telephone, a recent innovation on the tiny island and one regarded with suspicion by the old.