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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1875-1898
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LOOT, n. Also lowt-. Sc. forms of Eng. lout, a boorish ill-mannered fellow. Hence lowttie, louty, slow, inactive, loutish (Fif. 1825 Jam., “a lowttie fallow”). [lut, Fif. lʌut]Fif. 1875 A. Burgess Poute 41:
Yer louty on the Rodds — But at yere work It taks echt men to feed ye wi' a fork.Lnk. 1884 P. Carmichael Cld. Poems 83:
Dear Mr Dobie, ye'll, nae doot, Think me an ungratefu' loot Not acknowledging the gift.Kcb. 1898 A. J. Armstrong Levellers 87:
Juist when lang Jock Lowrie, the loot, wi, Wattie Gowan … an that frilled cuif, the justice's nephew were sneakin' in afore me.
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