Green’s Dictionary of Slang
A. Douglas ‘Hard Times’ Poems in Scot. Dialect 41: O waes me! for our bloomin’ tots! / I ken na how we will, man, / Get hose an’ shoon, an’ sarks an’ coats, / To hap, an’ keep them hale, man.at blooming, adj.1
A. Douglas ‘May Morning’ Poems in Scot. Dialect 23: An’ younder’s canty Tibby Sma’, A sonsy mettle hizzy.at canty, adj.1
A. Douglas ‘Last Day of Hairst’ Poems in Scot. Dialect 150: I’ll come an’ get a pint an’ crack / Wi’ you about the matter.at crack, v.1
A. Douglas ‘Dave & Peggy’ Poems in Scot. Dialect 99: Riot, wi’ his head sae dizzy, / Newly haf gien o’er his grog.at dizzy, adj.
A. Douglas ‘Last Day of Hairst’ Poems in Scot. Dialect 141: Tak’ a horn/ O’ my rare highland whisky. / ’Tis no the damag’d heady gear.at gear, n.
A. Douglas ‘What Ails You Pate’ Poems in Scot. Dialect 169: An’ whare’s the Meg, the Kate, or Nell, / Will hae you syne wi’ a’ that?at kate, n.
A. Douglas ‘Advice to Young Man’ Poems in Scot. Dialect 73: Tho’ ye were far advanc’d in eild, / An’ grey hairs on your noddle .at noddle, n.
A. Douglas ‘First day of Hairst’ Poems in Scot. Dialect 126: A gipsie quean cam’ to the place [...] She whisper’d, ‘Dear, I’m wae for you, I’ll put you to your bed.’ / Syne aff his coat an’ shoon she drew, / An’ took what cash he had.at quean, n.
A. Douglas ‘May Morning’ Poems in Scot. Dialect 23: An’ younder’s canty Tibby Sma’, / A sonsy mettle hizzy.at sonsy, adj.
A. Douglas ‘Bonny Lass o’ Yonder Braest’ Poems in Scot. Dialect 165: Tell me, is her person neat? [...] A tighter shape was never seen, / Her dress was decent tight an’ clean.at tight, adj.
A. Douglas ‘Hard Times’ Poems in Scot. Dialect 41: O waes me! for our bloomin’ tots! / I ken na how we will, man, / Get hose an’ shoon, an’ sarks an’ coats, / To hap, an’ keep them hale, man.at tot, n.1
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