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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

CAFFEE, n. Sc. †form of Eng. coffee. Hence caffee-pat, coffee-pot (e.Lth. 1899 W. Sinclair Sc. Life & Humour 64).

[The Sc. form retains the orig. vowel as Fr. café, It. caffè, Ger. kaffee, etc. and the pron. [′kfe] is still occas. heard. The Eng. -o- form appears first about the end of the 17th c.]

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