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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
¶TIPPERLOORACH, adj. Of clothing: ill-fitting, shapeless (Abd. c.1930).
[? Tipper s.v. Tip, n.1, 1., ironically, + Loorach.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Tipperloorach adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 3 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/tipperloorach>