Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

CLAWIN'S, n.pl.

1. The scrapings of the pot after food has been cooked (Bnff.² 1937). See Claw, v., 2.Abd. 1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood xiv.:
It's rale lanesome-like . . . an' me used to a hooseful. I like a bairn aboot to get the clawin's o' the pots.

2. “Scolding or chastisement” (Abd.¹⁶ 1925). Cf. Claw, v., 3 and 6 (3) and (6).