local var. of QUIN (scallop).
1864. P. H. Gosse, in Good Words, 95/1. She had never heard them called by any other name than ‘Squins,’ though she understood they were called Scallops in some places.
local var. of QUIN (scallop).
1864. P. H. Gosse, in Good Words, 95/1. She had never heard them called by any other name than ‘Squins,’ though she understood they were called Scallops in some places.
