jottern.
/ˈdʒɒtə/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑdər/ 1. One who jots.
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society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > one who jots
jotter1827
sketcher1851
1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 22 451 All the jottings that ever were jotted down on his jot-book, by the most inveterate jotter.
2. A small pad or exercise book used for setting down notes, memoranda, etc.; a memorandum book.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > pad of paper > notebook
bookOE
notebook1565
tablebook1582
manuscript book1593
notary1651
pocketbook1660
tablets1773
jotter1882
pencil tablet1882
ring book1891
carnet1897
telephone pad1900
notepad1922
copy1943
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Jotter,..the book in which notes or memoranda are made.
1916 A. S. Neill Dominie's Log xii. 132 More attention..should be paid to neatness of method and penmanship in copybooks and jotters.
1925 Dollar Mag. Mar. 48 All books except exercise books and jotters are supplied by the school.
1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 29 Nov. 487/2 The present practice is to supply to all primary schools a sufficient supply of ‘Second’ readers and jotters sufficient for free issue to all pupils.
1968 M. Woodhouse Rock Baby vii. 75 A scribbled list on a desk jotter.
Draft additions March 2019
Scottish colloquial.
a. to get one's jotters (and variants): to be dismissed from a job or position; to get the sack.
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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > dismiss or discharge > be dismissed or discharged
to get the bag1804
to get the sack1825
swap1862
to get the boot1888
to take a walk1888
to get the run1889
to get (or have) the swap1890
to get the (big) bird1924
to get one's jotters1944
1944 Perthshire Advertiser 12 July 7/2 The other day, a bright little fellow told me..that he had ‘got his jotters’, for playing a game known as ‘pitch and toss’ within the precincts of the factory where he worked.
1972 B. Bryden Willie Rough 26 He'll just hav tae watch he disnae get 'is jotters.
2005 R. Douglas Night Song Last Tram 215 You'll nae be gettin' nae carbide frae me. If the Lighting Department wiz tae find oot ah'd gave carbide away ah'd get ma jotters, so ah wid.
b. to give (a person) (his or her) jotters and variants: to dismiss (a person) from a job or position.
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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > dismiss or discharge
to put awaya1387
discharge1428
dismiss1477
to put out of wages1542
discard1589
to turn away1602
to put off1608
disemploy1619
to pay off1648
to pay off1651
to turn out1667
to turn off1676
quietus1688
strip1756
trundle1794
unshop1839
shopc1840
to lay off1841
sack1841
drop1845
to give (a person) the shoot1846
bag1848
swap1862
fire1879
to knock off1881
bounce1884
to give (a person) the pushc1886
to give (a person) the boot or the order of the boot1888
bump1899
spear1911
to strike (a medical practitioner, etc.) off the register1911
terminate1920
tramp1941
shitcan1961
pink slip1966
dehire1970
resize1975
to give a person his jotters1990
1990 A. Spence Magic Flute 67 I've a good mind to get you your jotters for this!
1997 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 3 May 70 In the early hours, the nation gave John Major his jotters.
2011 Express (Scottish ed.) (Nexis) 24 Mar. 79 The board refused [to suspend the player], demanded Neymar be reinstated in the team and then gave Dorival Junior his jotters.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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