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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1958
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PIRRIE, adj. In comb. stane pirrie, hare-brained, feather-headed, “scatty” (see quot.) (s.Sc. 1966).Rxb. 1958 Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc. 25:
Stane pirrie (for daft) derived, I think, from Pirrie's stone ginger in Hawick.
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