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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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karnish gadgie
noun
a butcher
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carnis-cowl
etymology:
karnish
‘meat’ +
gadgie
‘a man’; attested by
BS in TDITA
note:
Canadian Paul Pope (2013) cites this form with the same meaning.