Definition of Kebbuck

1. Noun. A whole wheel or ball of cheese. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kebbuck

1. a whole cheese [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kebbuck

kebabbed
kebabbing
kebabs
kebap
kebaps
kebar
kebars
kebaya
kebayas
kebbed
kebbie
kebbies
kebbing
kebbock
kebbocks
kebbuck (current term)
kebbucks
kebele
kebeles
keblah
keblahs
kebob
kebobbed
kebobbing
kebobs
kebs
kebuzone
kecapi
kecapi suling
keck

Literary usage of Kebbuck

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Place Names of West Aberdeenshire by James Macdonald, Donald Mackinnon (1899)
"Although this burn rises at the foot of kebbuck Knowe, which looks like a Scotch name, meaning a knowe like a kebbuck or cheese, or the site of a sheiling ..."

2. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley (1897)
"kebbuck, a cheese : " syne draws her ... to cackle, to giggle loudly (as a girl) : an' her knife," 11 ; "a kebbuck-heel," 11; ..."

3. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"kebbuck [a cheese; "kebbuck-hecl," end of a cheese]. To grace the lad, her weel-hain'd ..."

4. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"An' sits down by the fire ; Syne draws her kebbuck and her knife— The lasses they are shyer. —BURNS : Tkt Holy Fair. ..."

5. The Poetry of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1896)
"kebbuck, a cheese: ' syne draws her kebbuck an' her knife,' i. 45. 17; ' her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell,' i. 110. 15 ; 'a keb- buck-heel'=the last crust of a ..."

6. Tales of the Scottish Peasantry by Alexander Bethune, John Bethune (1884)
"Dear me, Marion, but matters are mendin wi' you," said one of them : " there's a hale kebbuck, I declare, an" no a bit heel, as I've seen ye hae. ..."

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