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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†BUCHAN VITTAL, n. comb.

1. “Applied to meal of which the ‘twa part is aits, and the third bear'” (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.², s.v. victual).

2. “Metaph. transferred to a person on whom one can place no dependence; as, ‘He's Buchan vittal that'” (Ib.).