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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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conyin
noun
a child
20
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etymology:
Scots Gaelic
coinean
, Irish
coinin
‘little bunny’ which is a loan from English
coney
; attested in Shelta as
konin
with the same meaning; attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies