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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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ABERDONIAN, prop.n. A native or citizen of Aberdeen. Gen.Sc. [ɑbər′donjən, ebər′donjən]Sc. 1773 Boswell Journal (1936) 68:
The Aberdonians had not started a single mawkin for us to pursue. Abd. 1795 Stat. Acc.¹ XIX. 161:
They were met and engaged by the Aberdonians and their associates. Abd. 1832 Aberdeen Mag. (April) 191:
The well-known acuteness and sharp-wittedness of the Aberdonians.ne.Sc. 1952 John R. Allan North-East Lowlands of Scotland (1974) 240:
Perhaps we have gone in for specialisation in the intensest way; we have specialised in producing an Aberdonian, a good hard-wearing wage-earner, whether in divinity, medicine, Eng. Lit., accountancy, paperhanging, plumbing or orra work.