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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GOBLET, n. Also gobblet. Sc. usage: an iron pot or pan having a straight handle and gen. with convex sides. Gen.Sc. Also goblet-pan; -pot. Cf. also Goglet.Ags. 1739 Private Inventory (per Fif.¹):
3 Goblet-pans.Sc. 1781 Caled. Mercury (Jan.) 24:
A very large assortment of Patent Kitchen Utensils, viz. Sauce Pans and Goblets, from 1 pint to 2 gallons.Sc. 1840 G. Webster Ingliston xxviii.:
So what can I do but let the body come anower wi' his goblet, and set it on my fire.Rnf. 1865 J. Young Homely Pictures 162:
Drawers, dresser, jugs, an' cans, An, gobblets, girdles, toasters, pans.Kcb. 1893 Crockett Stickit Minister 224:
Leeb . . . snatched a black “goblet” from the side of the kitchen fire, and sent the contents out of the window.Sc. 1937 Scotsman (29 Nov.):
Pots were the three-legged vessels with the loop handle which cleeked on the swee when in use; goblets were the handled vessels which are now known as pots.Ags. 1949 Forfar Dispatch (10 Feb.):
I teen the flamin, reed-het goblet and flang'd oot ee door, steak and a' thegither.