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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1928
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CLAWIN'S, n.pl.
1. The scrapings of the pot after food has been cooked (Bnff.2 1937). See Claw, v., 2.Abd. 1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood xiv.:
It's rale lanesome-like . . . an' me used to a hooseful. I like a bairn aboot to get the clawin's o' the pots.
2. “Scolding or chastisement” (Abd.16 1925). Cf. Claw, v., 3 and 7 (3) and (6).
