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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CLUCKIE, n. A hen. [′klʌkɪ̢]w.Dmf. 1908 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo (1912) ix.:
Weel, man, the report was deefenin' . . . and when she saw her favourite cluckie lyin' deid she nearly grat.
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