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Quotation dates: 1701-1724, 1834
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†CUNINGAR, CUNINGAIR, CUNNIEGAR, CONNIGAIR, n. A rabbit warren (Sc. 1808 Jam.); also used as the name of a waste, whinny piece of land on the banks of the Basin, near Montrose (Ags. 1926 (per Ags.9), cunniegar). Obs. exc. in place-names. [′kʌnɪ(ŋ)gər]Ork. 1701 J. Brand Descr. Orkney, Zetland, etc. 37:
The whole [I]sle is but as one rich Cuningar or a Cony Warren, for I never saw a greater number of Conies runing in any place then [sic] I did here.Ags. 1834 A. Smart Rambling Rhymes 84:
The connigair, dark scene of blood.Lnk. a.1724 Descr. Sherrifdom Lnk. and Rnf. (Maitland Club 1831) 16:
It is plentifully furnished with woods . . . cuningairs and plenty of all sort of graine.
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