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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1827, 1899
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SCOOT, v. Sc. form of Eng. scout, to reject with disdain, flout, disparage. [skut]Sc. 1827 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 309:
A man wi' buck-teeth and a cockit nose they'll no aloo to be a martyr to melancholy; but scoot the idea.Lth. 1899 J. Lumsden Poems 133:
They'd sure puir Coalmen lesser scoot!
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