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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1824-1875

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JADDEN, n. Also jadin. The stomach of a sow; hence applied to a pudding made therein, a haggis. See also Jaudie, id.Fif. a.1825 MS. Poem in Jam.2:
I had rather eat Sow's jadin aff a plotter-plate, Than mell wi' him that braiks his word.
Fif. 1875 A. Burgess Poute 54:
“Man's Just a'e single puddin mair to brag o' than a Swine” What tripe it was he didna tell — The one so fit to sadden — May be his Jocky-haggis — or anither kind of Jadden.

[Mid.Eng. chaudoun, Eng. dial. chawdon, entrails, O.Fr. chaudun, tripes.]

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