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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.
†FLOSK, n. The cuttle-fish, Sepia loligo (Abd. 1815 J. Arbuthnot Fishes 57).
[Prob. a variant of flask, from the resemblance of the animal in its shell to a powder flask. For the rounding of the vowel on Abd. coast, cf. P.L.D. §133.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Flosk n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 30 Apr 2026 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/flosk>
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