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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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‡GIBBERY, n.¹ Also gibb(e)rie, gibry, -ie, jibb(e)ry. Gingerbread (‡Abd. 1954); confectionery, “sweetmeats” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 61, gibbrie). Combs. jibbr'y bread, id.; -man, -wife, a man (woman) who sells gingerbread (S.D.D., -wife). [′dʒɪb(ə)ri]Bch. 1781 W. Edwards Poems (1810) 57:
An' I hae jibbr'y-bread the best.Mearns 1844 W. Jamie Muse 111:
And sweety wives and gibbery men.Abd. 1870 W. Buchanan Olden Days 107:
The Firhill Wall, whaur aul' Baubie Courage eest tae sell her gibrie.Kcd. 1890 J. Kerr Reminisc. I. 18:
An' Charlotte Goodsman gibbery sells.Abd. 1909 R. J. MacLennan Yon Toon 47:
She had all the bairns . . . keen to run her errands, the reward of “a curran sweeties”, or “a cake o' gibberie”, never failing.n.Sc. 1925 Scots Mag. (March) 470:
I like to hae some jibbery i' the hoose for onybody comin' in.