Crowdie

//ˈkɹaʊdi// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Gruel or thin porridge. Scotland, countable, historical, uncountable

    "The old woman shuffled out from the back room with a handful of coal and a bowl of crowdie for the boy."

  2. 2
    A Scottish form of cottage cheese. countable, uncountable

Example

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"The old woman shuffled out from the back room with a handful of coal and a bowl of crowdie for the boy."

Etymology

Alteration of Early Scots crud (“curd”), cognate with Early Modern English and Middle English crud, crudde (14th c.), crodde, of unknown origin.

Related phrases

cottage cheese

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