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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1837-1838

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†HOAKIE, n. Also hoaky. “A fire that has been covered up with cinders, when all the fuel has become red” (Ayr. 1825 Jam.).Ayr. a.1838 D. Caldwell Poems 27:
Ilk, after ither, his pipe broke ay; They flang their sployckens on the hoaky.

[Orig. doubtful. Phs. properly referring to the hollow scooped out in an earthen floor over which the fire was laid and which thus served as the ash-pit; hence poss. to be derived from hoak, Howk, v., n.1 See Huckie.]

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