Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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KIRKMAIDEN, prop. n. A village and parish in Wigtownshire. Used attrib. in phr. Kirkmaiden patch, a handful of straw stuffed in a hole in a corn sack to save darning it (Gall. 1960).
