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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1830
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QUACKIE, n. A duck (Abd., Slg., Slk. 1967). Also in colloq. or dial. Eng.Sc. 1830 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 370:
They were Fahope's ain Quackies, that had stravaiged to the Loch.
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