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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1882

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NORRIE, n.¹ A nickname for a sow.Lth. 1882 P. McNeill Preston 96:
Norrie in the cruive I tend, Crummie in the byre.

[A dim. form of the female christian name, Norah, phs. chosen as imit. of its grunting. Cf. Nor, v.]

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