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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TACKET, n.2 A restless unruly boy.Sc. 1896 L. Keith Indian Uncle xvi.:
Are you Adam Gordon, . . . the little tacket whose broken bones I used to have the pleasure of setting?
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"Tacket n.2". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 7 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/tacket_n2>