Meaning of Scotch mist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cold and penetrating mist, verging on rain.
   UK, countable, uncountable
2. Something that is hard to find or does not exist.
   UK, countable, dialectal, idiomatic, uncountable
3. Something imaginary, nonexistent, or overlooked.
   UK, countable, dialectal, idiomatic, uncountable
4. A drink of Scotch whisky served with ice and lemon peel.
   countable, uncountable
5. The perennial flowering plant Galium sylvaticum.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Scotch mist, the R.A.F. term for something imaginary. […] The joke of it is that Scotch mist is as wetting as English rain.”

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