Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1929-1941
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‡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.).Ork. 1929 Marw.:
Kunno oot an' kunno in, An' kunno through the keldy o.Ork.1 1941:
Kunno but an kunno ben.
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