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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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gorget
noun
the neck, throat
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etymology:
from obsolete English and Scots
gorget
‘a piece of armour to protect the throat’; only Scots ‘a pillory’; or perhaps a developemnt of Scots
gravat
‘a scarf or muffler’; attested by Galloway Tinkler Gypsies