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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DABRICH, adj. Poor, needy. [′dɑbrɪç]Abd. c.1800 in T.S.D.C. I I. (1916):
I've a parish ca'd the Cabrich; the folk's Dabrich, the water's Rooster, the corn Trushter; the minister's Twaddle, and the wife's Strang.

[Gael. daibhreach, needy, destitute (Macleod and Dewar).]

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