Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1880-1898
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BRANDY, n. The following combs. are exclusively Sc.:
†1. Brandy-cleek, “the palsy in the leg in consequence of hard drinking” (Abd. 1825 Jam.2).
2. Brandy-holes (see second quot.).Fif. c.1880 (per Fif.1):
There used to be a brandy-hole on the coast S.E. of St Andrews.Ayr. 1898 K. Hewat In the Olden Times 203:
In the dunes . . . between the village and the sea there are many “brandy-holes” — spaces as large as an ordinarily sized room — where casks and bales landed from the smuggling vessel . . . were safely deposited.
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