crappit-head

noun

A haddock's head stuffed with a mixture of oatmeal, suet, onions, and pepper.

Meanings

nouncrappit-head (plural crappit-heads)

plural crappit-heads

  1. obsoletecookingA haddock's head stuffed with a mixture of oatmeal, suet, onions, and pepper.

Origin

  1. Scotscrappit“crammed”
  2. Englishcrappit-head

From Scots crappit (“crammed”), from crap (“to cram”), + head.

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