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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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creel
noun
a basket for carrying potatoes, fish or peats:
The Basket Maker’s equipment included a bundle of split hazel for making tattie
[potato]
creels…
15-
.
etymology:
Scots but ultimate origin obscure; attested by
JS
and
DW