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jockteleg (Sco.)

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Breeze (Andrew): Etymological notes on Kirkcaldy, jocteleg ‘knife’, kiaugh ‘trouble’, striffen ‘membrane’ and cow ‘hobgolin’.
In ScotL 16 (1997), pp. 97–110.
Suggests Scots kiaugh, striffen, are Gaelic loan words (< ciach, srebann).
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