Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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†CABBICLAW, Cabbie-claw, n. Also cabbyclow (Sc. 1776 E. Topham Letters 161). “Cod-fish salted for a short time . . . and boiled with parsley and horse-radish. They eat it with egg-sauce” (Anon. c.1790 quoted in F. M. McNeill Scots Kitchen (1929) 105, cabbie-claw).Sc. c.1700 H. G. Graham Soc. Life Scot. 18th Cent. (1899) I. 58:
While haggis, cockyleeky, singed sheep's head, friars' chicken, and cabbiclaw simultaneously allured the appetite.
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