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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1817

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QUEEZ-MADDAM, n. The French jargonelle pear, the Cuisse-madame, so named from its long, tapering shape (Sc. 1808 Jam.).Sc. 1817 Scott Rob Roy xxi.:
He'll glower at an auld-warld barkit aik-snag as if it were a queez-maddam in full bearing.

[Fr. cuisse, thigh, + madame.]

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