Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1818-1862
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DUFF, n.2 An Irish potato.Rnf. 1862 A. McGilvray Poems 336:
Your pease and barley, flour and rice, Coarse meal and fosy duffs.Ayr. 1818 J. Kennedy Poet. Works 39:
Begins to stap his mouth Wi' duffs that night.