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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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GIBBER, n. A type of haddock (Mry. 1975).Sc. 1918 Glasgow Herald (7 Oct.) 8:
Haddocks were the best feature of the market, there being fair quantities of chats, kit, and gibbers.
[Orig. doubtful. Cf. Eng. gib, the hook of gristle on the lower jaw of a salmon, gib-fish, a salmon with a gib, a male salmon.]
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