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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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YACK, n.¹ Also yak(k), and dim. forms yackie, ya(a)k(k)i(e). Redupl. form yackie-daw. [′jɑke] An Eskimo (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., yack(ie), 1914 Angus Gl.; Ork. 1958 Ork. Herald (25 Feb.) 3; I.Sc., Abd., Kcd., Ags. 1974). Also attrib.; occas. used as a term of contempt (Fif. 1952, yackie-yaw), as in n.Eng. dial.Fif. 1883 W. D. Latto Bodkin Papers 83:
If we lived amang the eternal frosts an' snaws o' the Polar regions like the Yackie Yaws.Sh. 1893 Sinclair MS. 6:
Lowrie hirselled him upo da shair an trivvled fir da Yakki cash.Ags. c.1900:
A Yackie-yaw doll was a doll dressed as an Eskimo which whalers brought back to Dundee for their children after a Greenland trip.Sh. 1949 P. Jamieson Letters 130:
There is even a Yaki tune.Sh. 1958 Shetland News (30 Dec.) 4:
He aye wore a broon-barkit jumper and a Yakki-kep.Ags. 1970 Buchan Observer (27 Oct.) 3:
I had a Yaakie Doll dressed in tulle.