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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
†CRONY, CRONIE, n. A potato; also the earthnut, Bunium flexuosum (Nai. 1892 Trans. Northern Assoc. I. v. 66).Dmf. 1801 A. Clark Poems 36:
. . . they wad join a meal wi' me An' pick a cronie.
Hence crony-hill, a potato-field (Dmf. 1808 Jam.).
[The word has been transferred jocularly from its Eng. sense to one of a number of tubers or sim. objects found in clusters or groups.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Crony n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 26 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/crony>
