Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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¶PEFFERDILLY, adj. Of corn, etc.: thin and sparse, not thriving.Ayr. 1912 Scotsman (2 Jan.):
I had an aunt, aged 96 when she died, nigh seventy years ago. One day I was with her in the hairst field, and on a bare, rocky knowe-top the corn was thin and short, and she passed the remark that it was very pefferdilly.
