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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1925

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COORSIE, n. “A round loaf made of coarse flour” (Ags.1 1937).Ags. 1925 Forfar Dispatch (3 Dec.) 3/3:
We got plenty kail . . . or else tattie-soop or pey-soop and a bit coorsie.

[Coorse, adj. + dim. suff. -ie, forming a substantive (see Westergaard pp. 65 and 66), cf. daftie from Daft, adj.]

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