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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
BLOT-SHEET, n. Used in Sc. for Eng. blotting-paper. Gen.Sc.Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin (1868) xxiii.:
Whilk . . . I had carefully rowed up in a piece o' blot-sheet.
Hence contr. blotchie, id.Bnff. 1857 Recolls. School Life in Bnffsh. Jnl. (1916) (25 April) 3:
“Blotchie” was not over plentiful.
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