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▪ I. Scotchy, n. colloq. [f. Scotch a. + -y.] A nickname for a Scotchman.
1861Two Cosmos II. 62 Will you come it now, Scotchy, and I don't mind if I forgive you if you can lick me? 1949E. Coxhead Wind in West ii. 59 Are you really such a prim little Scotchy that you don't see the difference between one chap and another? ▪ II. Scotchy, a.|ˈskɒtʃɪ| [f. Scotch a. + -y.] Having the characteristics of what is Scotch.
1815Southey Lett. (1856) II. 414 It is impossible that any compositions can be more booksellerish and more Scotchy. 1896J. Ashby-Sterry Tale of Thames viii, I don't read them all [i.e. Scott's novels]. Some of the very Scotchiest ones I cannot stand. Comb.1874A. J. C. Hare Story My Life (1900) IV. xvii. 258 A great Scotchy-looking house. |