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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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FALLACHAN, n. A hoard, a concealed store (Cai.8 1929; Arg.3 1951). Gael.Arg. c.1850 Follinash in L. Mclnnes Dial. S. Kintyre (1936) 30:
For Dohl had fund a fallachan, An eilance o' his ain, Had muckle clauts o' sprudan left To him in Coliedrain.Arg. 1993:
A doot he's a fallachan somewhere.
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