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Quotation dates: 1880
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CREUKAL BAND, KRUIKLE-BAND, n. comb. The chain from which a cooking pot hangs over the fire (Ork. 1929 Marw., kruikle-).Ork.(D) 1880 Dennison Sketch Bk. 129:
His muckel heed gaed sic' a joond Intae the pot wi' a traboond The creukal band he breuk.
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