Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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CRAPPIE-DOO, n.comb. A ball of oat-meal mixed with chopped onions and other seasoning and boiled in fish-stock, a fish ball.Abd. 1966 Press and Jnl. (24 Sept.):
The ane I mind the best o' a' Was thick wi' “crappie doos.”
[Variant of earlier Cropadeu, q.v., prob. from Crap, v., with assimilation of the second element to Doo, n.]
