Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1829, 1931
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‡SNODDY, n. Also snoddie, snod(d)i. A thick cake made of oat- or barley-meal, and baked in hot ashes (Ork. 1825 Jam., I.Sc. 1866 Edm. Gl.; Ork. 1929 Marw., Sh., Ork. 1971). [′snɔdi]Ork. 1829 J. Malcolm Tales 83:
Oat and barley-cakes, — some of the former being about an inch thick, and called snoddies.Ork. 1931 J. Leask Peculiar People 132:
A peerie puckle o' male — jeust aneuch tae mak twa peerie foles or a snoddy o'.
