finnoc

English

Noun

finnoc (plural finnocs)

1. Alternative spelling of finnock
   • 1939, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, page 578:

     He has only his hedcosycasket on and his wollsey shirtplisse with peascod doublet, also his feet wear doubled width socks for he always must to insure warm sleep between a pair of fullyfleeced bankers like a finnoc in a cauwl.

   • 1803, Henry Mackenzie, Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland‎^[1], page 377:

     The whitling and the finner, or finnoc, have been supposed by many to be young salmon.

   • 1963, R. N. Stewart, Salmon and trout: their habits and haunts, page 92:

     Char enter the river in the finnoc stage, […]

Further reading

• An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language