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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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†POCKLE, n. Reduced colloq. form of pockful, a bagful (see Pock) (Ags. 1966). Cf. Cairtle, Hantle, Spuinle, etc.Ags. 1836 Arbroath Argus (1 Feb.) 23:
Away I went head foremost down the stair, like a pockle o' horns, stick and hat, hoch and horn.Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond B. Bowden (1922) 146:
Dauvit Kenawee had to lift him doon juist like a pock'l o' auld horns.