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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1812, 1896
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†CRAIL CAPON, Craill-capon, n. comb. “A haddock dried, but not split” (Lth. 1808 Jam., craill-). [′krel(z) ′kepən]Fif. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair ii. xix.:
While, to augment his drowth, each to his jaws A good Crail's capon holds, at which he rugs and gnaws.Fif. 1896 A. J. G. Mackay Hist. Fif. and Knr. 282:
A Crail Capon was a haddock smoked in the chimney-lum, the most plentiful kind of food in that remote quarter.
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