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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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briuidean
noun
a worthless sheep
la20-
.
etymology:
influenced by Scots Gaelic
brùid
‘a beast’ + (
e
)
an
the masculine diminutive ending; also attested in Shelta as
briudeen
; collected by
TN