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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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‡DAUPIT, Daupet, Dawpit, adj. Dull-witted, stupid, imbecile (Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems, Gl., daupit; Lnk. 1825 Jam.², dawpit; Ayr. 1811 W. Aiton Agric. Ayr., Gl. 691). Used adv . in comb. daupit-blin' (see Gsw. quot.). [′dɑ:pɪ̢t, ′d:pt]Sc.(E) 1868 D. M. Ogilvy Willie Wabster's Wooing (1873) 18:
He couldna weel afford to loose her, The daupet, donnard, blashy houser.Rnf. 1878 C. Fleming Poems, etc. 239:
Her mother aft wondered, but couldna weel ken How the lassie was daupit, and gaed but and ben.Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake, etc. 202:
The day that I gat married My reason, sure, was daupit-blin'.