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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GABBOCK, n.1 Also gappo(c)k. A mouthful, morsel. Cf. Gabbit, n., 1.Sc. 1706 Blythsome Wedding in J. Watson Choice Coll. (1869) i. 10:
There will be Tartan, Dragen and Brachen, and fouth of good gappoks of Skate. [In Ramsay T.T. Misc. 1724–27 (1733) I. 91. the spelling is gabbock, in J. Ritson Sc. Songs (1794) I. 211, gappock.]
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