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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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MATCHET, n. ? (see quot.).Sc. 1931 J. Lorimer Red Sergeant ii.:
I called for a small stoup of claret and a matchet of bread.

[The word is unrecorded elsewhere and may be spurious.]

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"Matchet n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 7 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/matchet>

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