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Quotation dates: 1769
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†CUTTIE, CUTTY, n.3 A horse or mare of two years of age” (Mearns 1825 Jam.2, cuttie).
Comb.: cutty-brown, “apparently a designation for a brown horse that is cropeared, or perhaps docked in the tail” (Sc. 1825 Jam.2).Sc. [1769] D. Herd Sc. Songs (1776) II. 220:
I scoured awa to Edinborow-town, And my cutty-brown together.
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