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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1814
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†CUDROCH, Cuddroch, n. “A timid worthless youth” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 153, cuddroch). Also used attrib.Kcb. 1814 W. Nicholson Poems 94:
Your mystic draughts, wi' keel and cauk, Gar mony a cudroch chiel' to quak'.
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