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Quotation dates: 1882
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†HOTTIE, Hotty, n. A nick-name given by boys of Edinburgh High School to someone who had something pinned to his back of which he knew nothing (Edb. 1825 Jam.).Edb. 1882 J. Smith Canty Jock 40:
I had walked to the kirk wi' the ticket stuck to my coat tails like a hunt-the-gowk hotty on the first o' April.
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