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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1899

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KLÖVIK, n. Also klovin, kløvin (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). A sea taboo term for a sheep.Sh. 1899 Shetland News (24 June):
I wis meanin' to try him [young dog] wi' da klöviks.

[Deriv. of kløv, Cluif, a hoof, + dim. suff. -ik, or + -in, representing the old suffixed form of the def. art.]

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