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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1898
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CAWRIE, n. (See quot.) Not known to our correspondents.Edb. 1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton 135:
A “dose” was literally a small loaf, the different portions being a round crockle or top crust, a flat crockle or bottom crust, and the cawrie the soft bread between.
