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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1931-1951

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MACALLUM, n. An ice flavoured with raspberry juice (m. and s.Sc. 1962).Dmb. 1931 A. J. Cronin Hatter's Castle i. v.:
Now she was eating her macallum, a delicious concoction of ice-cream and raspberry juice.Gsw. 1951 H. W. Pryde M. McFlannel's Romance 148:
Ah'm as cool as a macallum. It's the wife that's feelin' the heat.

[A jocular adaptation of the surname MacCallum, prob. with a play on Mak + caul(d), cold, + 'em, them. An unconfirmed explanation connects the word with the name of John McCallum, of Bridgeton, a player for Clyde Football team, and later Provost of Rutherglen, a popular figure in the area c.1887 (see Glasgow Herald (11 Nov. 1965) 8).]

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