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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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heart of corn
,
hert of corn
noun
a very kind person, the salt of the earth:
The McDonalds too, were hearts of corn, taking my mother to the shops in their yoke
[horse and cart].
19-
.
etymology:
Scots; attested by
BW
and
DW
in
DC