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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1898

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CROGGIE, n. A small jar or dish. Cf. Craggan.Gsw. 1898 D. Willox Poems & Sketches 226:
May her sons, when they kindly foregather, Aye taste o' a croggie as guid.

[Gael. crogan, a little dish, a pitcher (MacLennan), with Sc. dim. suff. -ie substituted for the Gael.]

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