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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
FAUCHIE, adj.2 Also fyauchie. [′f(j)ɑ:xe]
1. Of crops: grown on fallowed ground, hence poor, meagre. Also fig.Abd. 1932 R. L. Cassie Scots Sangs 20:
A fyauchie crap this sangster's raisin, For nane ava wi' him are fraisin.
2. Itchy (ne.Sc. 1950).
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