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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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bulrumpies
noun plural
potatoes
20-
.
etymology:
origin obscure; possibly a development from English
bull
‘something round’ + Scots
rumpie
‘a small crusty loaf or roll’; only collected by
EMcC/PS
; attested by
BS in TDITA