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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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heel
noun
each end of a loaf of bread, especially when cut off the loaf:
I made Mary and me a braw
[fine]
big piece
[sandwich]
on butter and jam, making sure I kept the heel to myself....
19-
.
etymology:
Scots; attested by
SR
and
JS