scorpn.
/skɔːp/ Military slang.
An inhabitant of Gibraltar; = scorpion n. 7. Also Rock-scorp.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Spaniards > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Spain > Gibraltar
rock scorpion1817
rock lizard1843
scorpion1845
Gibraltarine1883
Rock-scorp1912
1912 Jock Scott, Midshipman: His Log iv. 32 By ‘scorps’ he meant rock scorpions, the name bestowed on the inhabitants of Gibraltar.
1957 W. Tute Rock i. 16 Millingham..married a Rock Scorp.
1957 W. Tute Rock i. 19 Perks and privileges for the ruling classes. Fifteen in a room for the poor-quality ‘Scorps’ whose Rock it was.
1973 Publishers Weekly 17 Sept. 59/3 Covering the rock's social strata, from the native ‘scorps’ to the British Governor.
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† scorpv.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To mock, deride, scoff.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (intransitive)]
scorp1535
frump1566
flout1575
to game at1623
to run upon ——1833
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 544 Thir ȝoung lordis sum scorpit with greit scorne, Sayand agane [etc.].
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation 93 (Jam.) Thair was presentit to the Quein Regent..a calfe having two heidis, whairat sche scorppit [1586, 1846 scripped, 1644, 1790 skipped], and said, ‘It was bot a comoun thing’.
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