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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1936-1951
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COROCHAN, n. Gen. in pl. The tubers or warty roots of the purple vetch, Orobus tuberosus.Rs. 1936 C. MacDonald Echoes Glen 103:
I wonder if the boys of the old school will dig for Corochans. Rs. 1951 Scots Mag. (June) 222:
In exchange for a piece of string, a “lozenger”, a few corochans or some other coveted commodity.
[From a local Gael. form carrachan, id., from Gael. carrameille, wild liquorice. See Carmele.]
