Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1871
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CRAISHAN, n. Also -in; greishun. A withered shrunken person (Cai. 1916 T.S.D.C. II., 1972 D. Omand Cai. Book 245). [′kreʃɪn]Cai. 1871 M. MacLennan B. Blake II. xvii.:
"What for shud I gang till Fyfebro' for beef, whan we hae the best o' turnip-fed mutton, as is wholesomer?"Whan, dang the greishun boddy! says he, "Maister John, ma saul's fair weary o' their mutton and neeps."
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