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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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yaik
2
,
yayk
noun
a bell, a door knocker
20
.
etymology:
origin obscure, seems to be no connection to
yaik
1
; but this also seems to be another all purpose word similar to
chaet
‘a thing, anything’; attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies