Meanings
plural kokkaloories
- Shetlandcommon daisy (Bellis perennis)
I've made you a present, Bella! Do you want to see it? It's a kokkaloorie chain.
2012, 8:38 from the start, in Shetland, season 3, episode 61 more example
Shetland men aren’t known for their grand romantic gestures (sorry guys) ‒ they might give you a lamb for the freezer and perhaps a kokkaloorie (daisy) from the yard, but 12 red roses and a candlelit dinner, probably not!
2020 May 29, Laurie, “Shetland with Laurie’s guide to the best of Shetland fiction”, in Shetland with Laurie, Dancing with the Ferryman by Frankie Valente
Origin
- Nornkokkeluri
- Scotscockaloorie
- Englishkokkaloorie
Borrowed from Scots cockaloorie, from Norn kokkeluri.
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