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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1841-1898
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BRUCKLES, n.pl.
1. The prickly headed carex (Carex stellulata); also called brochars and stars (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 17). Occas. used in sing.ne.Sc. 1874 W. Gregor Echo of Olden Time 16:
From others of them were suspended . . . a bunch of stars or bruckles to redd the tobacco pipes.†Abd. 1898 E.D.D.:
The dwellers in the parish of Strichen used to be nicknamed "bruckle-strippers."
2. Bent grass, Juncus squarrosus.Abd. 1841–1854 The Phytologist (ed. E. Newman) III. 979:
In . . . Aberdeen, where it abounds on the moors, it is called Bruckles by the country people, which . . . is most expressive of the wire-like hardness and rigidity of the species.
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