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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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‡FITIT BROON, n.phr. Also fitet-. Unbleached linen thread of a light brown colour (Abd.¹³ 1910; Abd.⁹ 1942). See also White, v.¹, III. 1.Bnff. 1923 Banffshire Jnl. (29 May):
[A] shop where you could secure butter and eggs, hankies and bowler hats . . . ropes and hanks o' fitet broon.Abd. 1936 D. Bruce Cried on Sunday 8:
A hale pun o' black treacle an' a penny-worth o' fitet broons.