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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CRUMMOCK, n.1 A cow with crooked horns; a pet name for a cow (Sc. 1808 Jam.). [′krʌmək]Sc. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Shepherd Act II. Sc. i. in Poems (1728):
They tell me ye was in the ither Day, And sald your Crummock and her bassend Quey.

[Crum as in Crummie, n .1, + -ock, dim. suffix.]

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