Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a Scot; a nickname for a Scotsman or woman.

1840		Chartist Circular (Lanarks) 6 June 2/3: ‘I say, Scotchy,’ shouted out a third.
1840		Yorks. Gaz. 14 May 3/6: Thomas Pole, alias Scottie [...] and Richard Tidy were [...] charged with wilful murder.
1843		Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 18 Mar. 2/4: Round 5.—Scotchee up and determined.
1845		Bell’s Life in Sydney 11 Oct. 2/5: A mill between Scotch Jack alias the Petersham Pet, and young Harry Drake of Debroy for £5 aside, came off at Petersham [...] Scotchie appeared to have the advantage, if any.
1855		Chelmsford Chron. 3 Aug. 3/8: James Hodson, alias Scotchie [was] charged with stealing a ewe.
1858		Orleans Indep. Standadrd (Irasburgh, VT) 26 Mar. 3/2: ‘Well to my desk he took me straight [...] / This I can prove by Scotchy Bill, / For he was here on Province Hill’.
1862		Urbana Union (OH) 25 June 3/4: ‘Scotchie’ of the 5th Ohio [regiment] is a great soldier.
1873		Holmes Co. Republican (OH) 15 May 1/5: ‘So I says to him, Scotty, you shal have charge of this expedition’.
1877		York Herald 27 Sept. 6/5: An Irishman [...] observed, ‘In that case Scotchie had benefited more than the rest of them’.
1882		Manchester Courier 1 Apr. 10/4: It was arranged that on Monday morning, Martin, ‘Scotty,’ and Ginger should ‘pal in’.
1890		H. Lawson ‘Possum’ in Roderick (1967–9) I 82: An’ Scotchy got oneasy when the ‘Bony ’Ills’ was played.
1902		Nottingham Eve. Post 4 Sept. 2/8: A man named John Macdonald, alias ‘Scottie’.
1902		‘Dads Wayback’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 29 June 12/3: ‘[P]erhaps ther Scotties ’ull find out when they’s ’sperimented er bit’.
1909		W.W. Jacobs ‘Self-Help’ in Monkey’s Paw (1962) 239: We ’ad a bit of a scrap down Limehouse way with some Scotchies.
1913		Sport (Adelaide) 4 Jan. 13/2: They Say [...] Why not be true to the two Sotchies [i.e. girls] .
1918		Aussie (France) VII Sept. 9/2: The Dear One: ‘You Australians seem to get on very well with the Scotties. Why?’ / Aussie: ‘The Diggers always take to anything with a skirt on.’.
1924		Motherwell Times 8 Aug. 8/3: These Scotchies would break their necks fighting for a ha’penny.
1929		Townsville Daily Bull. (Qld) 10 Aug. 16/4: He was a Scottty with the largest nose I ever saw.
1932		M. Marshall Travels of Tramp-Royal 236: So-long Scottie boy [...] Curse me if you ain’t a rum ’un, Scottie.
1941		A. Gurney Bluey & Curley 5 Apr. [synd. cartoon strip] Hey Scotty, can I bite yer for a match?
1977		(con. 1941) R. Beilby Gunner 173: Good on ya, Scotty!