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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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shnep
noun
a turnip
20-
.
Compare
sneep
which may be a variant of this.
etymology:
origin obscure but compare Scots Gaelic
snèap
‘a neep, turnip’; perhaps a development from Romany
chimpi
with the same meaning; attested by
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