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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.

FOREBREED, n. The front of a skirt or frock (Sh.11, Abd. 1953).Sh. 1900 Shet. News (7 July):
Shü slipped her cot doon, an shook da stoor aff o' da forebreed o'm.ne.Sc. 1909 G. Greig Folk-Song xvii. 1:
She had a goon, it was jist at the makin” It wantit the fore-bre'd, it wantit the backin'.Sh. 1923 Shetlander No. 3. 2:
Shü . . . made fir da door rubbin her haands i da forebreeds o her cot is shü gude.

[Fore-, 1. + Breed, n.1]

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