Meaning of Scottie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A diminutive of the male given name Scott.
2. A Scottish terrier.
   informal
3. A Scottish person (sometimes as a nickname).
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“It's Scottie this, an' Scottie that, Whan ye gang o'er the border;”

“. . .and a bone-splintering hello from the Scottie!”

“On Christmas Eve the Germans shouted from their trenches, which are only 100 yards from ours, in these terms – A merry Christmas, Scottie Guardie. We are not going to fire to-morrow; we will have a holiday and a game of football.”

“Donated to the city by Auckland businessman J.M. Mennie, it was unveiled in 1921 by the then New Zealand Prime Minister, W.F. Massey, 'this big determined Ulsterman', who 'displayed in his speech a surprising knowledge of Burns, so much so that a man in the crowd called out “You're a regular Scottie”'.”

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