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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1898
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†KAPP, v. To take off the heads and remove the entrails of fish (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)).Sh. 1898 Shetland News (12 Nov.):
Whin I wis gaun ta da haaf we niver bit kappit wir first hail o' fish, . . . we hed a' kappit an' cleen'd up afore we came ashore.
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