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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1803-1859
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FLECKIE, n. Also Flecky. A pet name for a spotted cow (s.Sc. 1825 Jam.), “a white cow with large brown or black spots” (Ork.5, Abd.2, Arg.1 1948).Ayr. 1803 Sir A. Boswell Poet. Wks. (1871) 116:
The gudeman glowr'd, and the gudewife gap'd, Forgot poor Flecky in the byre.Dmf. 1823 Dmf. Courier (Sept.):
While draining the well-filled udders of Hawkie, Hornie, and Flecky.Lnk. 1859 J. Parker Poems 50:
A braw sonsie fleckie, the queen o' a' kye.
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