Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†CHUCKET, n. “A name given to the Blackbird” (Ork. 1825 Jam.2), Turdus merula.
[From its cry: “in winter . . . it has only a squeaking note, like the word chuck, chuck, several times repeated” (Ork. a.1795 G. Low Fauna Orcadensis (1813) 58).]
