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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1725, 1835-1870
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UNSCRAPIT, ppl.adj. Sc. form and fig. usage of Eng. unscraped, of speech or address: foul-mouthed, abusive, uncivil. See Scrape, v., 1. (1).Sc. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Shep. iv. i.:
It sets him well, with vile unscrapit Tongue, To cast up whether I be auld or young.Per. 1835 G. Penny Traditions 47:
Ned had one of the most loquacious unscraped tongues that ever existed.Ags. 1870 Brechin Advert. (9 May):
Jibe and jeer galore's been flung Frae mony a vile unscrapit tongue.
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