Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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‡FOOKY-MEAT, n. comb. Fancy-bread, pastry (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.).
[? Cf. Eng. dial. foky, soft, bloated, spongy, foggy, tending to corpulence, flabbiness.]