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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1828

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†CONY, n. Cognac, French brandy.Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) vii.:
A mutchkin of best cony brandy.

[This form may have arisen through a misunderstanding of the 17th–19th cent. forms conyack, coniac (see N.E.D.), the final syllable being regarded as a dim. suffix.]

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