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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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‡GOICH, n. “A haughty carriage of the head” (Arg. 1936 L. McInnes Dial. S. Kintyre 11; ‡Arg.³ 1954). [gɔiç]Arg.¹ 1930:
“She says she's related tae the Juke o' Argyll.” “I wudna wunner: she hez the Campbell goich anyway.”