Show Search Results Show Browse
Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1865
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
BITTER-BARKIT, adj. Used of dogs or persons having a bitter bark or tongue.Abd. 1865 G. Macdonald Alec Forbes lxxix.:
I hae a bed at the hoose o' a sma', jabberin', bitter-barkit crater they ca' King Robert the Bruce.
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Bitter-barkit adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/bitterbarkit>
