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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1906
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DOODLE-SHOP, n.comb. A general merchant's shop, esp. one dealing in sweets and foodstuffs.Edb. 1906 V. Spiganovicz Night Life 67:
Doodle shop. Ye ken a place what keeps onythink frae a bit o' gundy tae a twa-eyed steak.
[For doodle, see Doddle, n., 3.]