Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1842-1863
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TOTAL, adj. An abbreviated form of Eng. teetotal (Bnff., Abd., Ags., Rxb. 1972). Also in Eng. dial. Hence total(l)er, a total abstainer, a teetotaller.Per. a.1843 J. Stewart Sketches (1857) 22, 78:
Shame fa' the loon that's Total, man! . . . Look within the Totaller's hame.Rnf. 1863 J. Nicholson Kilwuddie 131:
He's a Templar stanch and true, A Totaler o' the rale true blue.
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