单词 | scotchy |
释义 | Scotchyn. colloquial. (A nickname for) a Scottish person. Cf. Scotty n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Scotland ScoteOE rivlin?c1300 bere-bag1352 Scotchman1407 Scottishman1429 Scotsman?c1450 blue cap1598 North Britain1604 Jockc1641 Jacky1653 Whiglander1682 Albanian1685 sawneya1704 North Briton1718 Caledonian1768 Sandy1785 Scotchy1832 Scotty1851 haggis bag1892 haggis-eater1937 1832 W. Cobbett Let. 16 Nov. in Tour in Scotl. (1833) 239 Here the little Scotchies seem absolutely to swarm. 1895 C. H. Hinton Stella & Unfinished Communication iv. 157 I know Scotchy is near me, though I cannot see him. We call him Scotchy because he comes from Scotland. 1949 E. 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? 1965 G. Jones Island of Apples ii. x. 160 In the dark of the passage stood Buddug, with a candle in her hand and a Scotchy's tommy-shanto on her head. 1992 G. M. Fraser Quartered Safe out Here 30 It's reet enoof w'at they say aboot you Scotchies, ye're a'ways on the scroonge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Scotchyadj. Now rare. Having Scottish characteristics. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [adjective] > characteristic of Scottish1532 Scotsc1572 Scotch1609 Scottified1644 Scotchified1701 Scotchy1815 scotty1892 1815 R. Southey Select. from Lett. 28 June (1856) II. 414 It is impossible that any compositions can be more booksellerish and more Scotchy. 1868 L. Wingfield Under Palms in Algeria & Tunis I. v. 139 On emerging from the pass the scenery changes again to ‘Scotchy’ hills and heathery slopes. 1896 J. Ashby-Sterry Tale of Thames viii I don't read them all [sc. Scott's novels]. Some of the very Scotchiest ones I cannot stand. 1919 L. Van Slyke Little Miss By-the-day 4 ‘Coom in!’ cried a Scotchy voice from the basement. 1939 G. H. Green Old Log School 167 The old town is quite Scotchy, don't you know. Compounds Scotchy-looking adj. ΚΠ 1874 A. J. C. Hare Jrnl. 4 Nov. in Story of my Life (1900) IV. xvii. 258 A great Scotchy-looking house in a rather featureless park. 1908 Pall Mall Mag. Sept. Suppl. 2/2 The tweed of the coat was pretty and ‘Scotchy’ looking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832adj.1815 |
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