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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1787
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NEWHAVEN, prop. n. A fishing port on the Forth, now part of Edinburgh. Combs.: †1. Newhaven broth, see quot. and cf. mussel brose s.v. Mussel; †2. Newhaven gill, a measure of two gills.1. Edb. 1787 Burns Letters (Ferguson) No. 127:
I ate some Newhaven broth, in other words, boiled mussels.
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