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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SCRAESBROUGH, prop.n. In phr. Scraesbrough peat, lit., a peat from Scraesbrough Moss near Jedburgh, fig. applied to a badly-made shoe, prob. with a pun on Scrae, n.1, 2.Rxb. 1824 Jethart Worthies (1872) 11:
Sic shoon . . .'re waur than ony Scraesbrough peat I ever saw. . . . Note. The term “Scraesbrough peat” was one often used in former days by the Jedburgh shoemakers to designate badly-made shoes.
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