Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND

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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1909

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‡KYOB, n. Also kjobie. The crop of a fowl (Mry.¹ 1928). [kjob]Mry. 1909 Colville 152:
That kyobie o' ee beestie is crammed fou' o' meat.

[Gael. geòb, gaping mouth, wry mouth. Cf. Caibie, n.¹, Gob.]

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