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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BUCHAN CHEESE, n.comb. Skim-milk cheese (Abd.²² 1936).Abd. 1851 W. Anderson Rhymes, etc. 90:
There was a fouth that weel micht please. . . . O' bannocks, cakes, an' Buchan cheese.