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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1877
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†RAUHHEL, n. A kind of potato masher (see quot.).Wgt. 1877 “Saxon” Gall. Gossip 8:
Potatoes coarsely bruised with a three-toed thing like a graip, they ca't a rauhhel, which was stirred up and down in the pot to break them.