Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GORKEN, n. A little skirt or apron.Abd. c.1820 J. Maidment Sc. Ballads (1859) 224:
Her gorken was manky, she wanted nae mair.
