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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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divvies
noun plural
thin, flat turfs used for roofing cottages; sods, pieces of turf;
divots
20-
.
etymology:
a development from Scots
divot
; attested by
BS in TDITA
note:
Attested by Canadian Paul Pope (2013) meaning ‘clods of earth’.