Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1875-1899
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UPSTICK, v. Also upstikk. Only in ppl.adjs. upsticken (Dmf.), -stucken (Sh.), upstikked, upstuck, stuck up, priggish, snobbish. Cf. Eng. stuck up.Slk. 1875 Border Treasury (6 Feb.) 326:
He wasna an upsticken, prood chield aither, like maist feck o' writer bodies.Ags. 1896 A. Blair Rantin' Robin 21:
Ye'll never see sic upstuck craiters wi' muckle sense i' their heids.Sh. 1899 Shetland News (12 Aug.):
Ye're a' far ower upstikked noo.
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