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scobberlotcher
Also scobolotcher.
[Cf. scopperloit.]
An idler. (So explained in context of quot. a 1697.)
a1697Aubrey Lives (1898) II. 26 Dr. Kettle, when he scolded at the idle young boies of his colledge, he used these names,..Rascal-Jacks, Blindcinques, Scobberlotchers. 1933C. Day Lewis Dick Willoughby 10 Thou bed-worm, thou scobberlotcher! 1956Bournemouth Daily Echo 21 Apr. 10/4 A scobolotcher, said Mr. Moore, was an undergraduate walking around a quadrangle hands in pockets and deep in thought. |