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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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INGER'S POCK, n.phr. “A quantity of all kinds of grain, as oats, barley, pease, etc., dried in a pot, and ground into meal. Inger is understood as signifying a gleaner” (Lth. 1808 Jam.).
[The word was appar. obscure in Jam.'s time. If his surmise is correct, it may represent a form of inner, a harvester, see In, v. Cf., however, n.Eng. (Wm.) dial. inker, “the edible contents of a beggar's wallet” (E.D.D.), i.e. a miscellaneous assortment of food, of unknown orig.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Inger's Pock n. phr.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/ingers_pock>
