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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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BRAKWAST, BRAKWIST, BREKWUS, BRAKFAST, n. Also brekfast (Kcb. 1901 R. Trotter Gall. Gossip 371); brikfast (Slk. 1820 Hogg Tales (1837) III. 63); brakefast, brakfist, braikfast. Sc. forms of Eng. breakfast. Cai.⁷ 1935 gives the form breakwast, and the form brequist is given for Uls. in W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn. (1880). [′brɑkfəst Sc.; ′brɑkwəst Crm., Abd.; ′brekwʌs(t) Cai.; ′brɛkwɪst Uls.]Sh.(D) 1898 “Junda” Echoes from Klingrahool 24:
An whan du's gotten dy brakwast Du'll geng a vaige ta da stack.Sh. 1933 J. Nicolson Hentilagets 19:
Sed I, “my jewel, a pancake we mann hae Ta taste wir mooth at brakwist time da moarn.”Sh. 1993 New Shetlander 23:
"My boy," she said "di brakfast is in the western ocean." Cai.(D) 1909 D. Houston 'E Silkie Man 5:
Noo brekwus time comes.Bnff. 1924 M. Symon in Scots Mag. (June) 186:
Nae Sabbath bells, nae porridge brakfasts!ne.Sc. 1996 Lindsay Paterson in Sandy Stronach New Wirds: An Anthology of Winning Poems and Stories from the Doric Writing Competitions of 1994 and 1995 17:
Fin Sally got up her faither wis already up an makin his brakfist.Abd. 1875 G. Macdonald Malcolm I. xvii.:
But I wad hae him no trouble the likes o' me 'at fesses the fish to yer lordship's brakwast.Abd. 1985 Robbie Kydd in Alexander Scott New Writing Scotland 3 72:
'He'll hae his brakefast afore he has a look at ye,' said Jimmy, ...m.Sc. 1994 Mary McCabe Everwinding Times 286:
"Now, mind," she called up and down the ward, "none o' yese've tae touch the braikfast till yese're dressed!"