Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BELLYRIVER, n. “A sort of bun composed of odd bits of dough mixed with treacle and currants and cut into squares. Common in Aberdeen city before the Great War” (Abd.16 1934).