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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

‡KUNNO, n. A game played round the stacks in a stackyard, in which one player tried to strike the others as they dodged and ran, by throwing a rabbit made of straw (Ork. 1929 Marw., Ork. 1960); the name for the straw rabbit used in the game (Ib.).Ib.:
Kunno oot an' kunno in, An' kunno through the keldy o.Ork.1 1941:
Kunno but an kunno ben.

[An Ork. form of Kinnen, q.v., with orig. fem. ending in -ø.]

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