Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PEAJOCK, n. A peacock.Sc. 1857 A. Dyce Shakespeare's Works V. 590:
I have often heard the lower classes in the North of Scotland call the peacock the “peajock”, and their almost invariable name for the turkey-cock is “bubbly-jock.”
