Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1825
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PUNK, n.2 Also punck-. In comb. punk-hole, a hole or pit in a peat moss, a peat-pot (s.Sc. 1825 Jam.), and deriv. pun(c)kin, the depression made by the hooves of horses or cattle in soft ground.s.Sc. 1825 Jam.:
Reapers sometimes say, that they have been so warm, shearing, that they were glad to take water to drink out of a horse-punckin.
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