Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1919
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TURNEEP, n. Also ¶turneept (Rxb. 1847 H. S. Riddell Poems 19). A turnip (Sc. 1724 Treatise on Fallowing 27; Abd. 1726 Monymusk Papers (S.H.S.) 204: Sc. 1817 Scott Rob Roy vi.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 272; Ork. 1973). This form became obs. in Eng. in the 17th c.
Sc. combs. and deriv.: 1. turneep callant, the odd-job boy on a farm (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.); 2. turneep dickie, = 1.; 3. turneep purry, a puree made from cooked turnip, fresh butter, salt, pepper and ginger (Sc. 1929 F. M. McNeill Sc. Kitchen 151); 4. turnipy, of milk or butter: having a flavour suggesting that the cow has been fed on turnips (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Ork. 1973).2. Rxb. 1919 Kelso Chronicle (14 March) 4:
The “turnip-dicky” — the “odd callant” on the farm.
