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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

‡FALLOCH, n., adj.

I. n. A large portion of anything heavy or bulky, sometimes of eatables. “Gen. used in a bad sense” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 44).Ib.:
There's that swab o' a cheel cairryin' something on's back. It'll be anither o's stown fallochs.Abd.7 1925:
Falloch. Something folded: as a “falloch o' claith,” a piece of cloth in folds.

II. adj. Thick, bulky (Sc. 1911 S.D.D. Add.).

[Of doubtful origin. ? Gael. uallach, a burden, load.]

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