Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DUNCAN, n. A half-grown cod (Mry. 1852 in Zoologist X. 3482).
[For similar usage of proper name, cf. donlie, the spotted goby, s.v. Donal'.]