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Quotation dates: 1709-1727, 1815, 1889-1897
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POCKMANTIE, n. Also pok- (Sc. 1818 Scott Rob Roy xiv.), poke-, pocke; -manty, -manky, -mantill, -mantle (Sc. 1823 Scott St. Ronan's W. xv.). A travelling-bag, valise, portmanteau (Sc. pockmanteau, s.Sc. pockmaky 1825 Jam.; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; ne.Sc., Per., s.Sc. 1966). Cf. Portmantle.Sc. 1709 D. Warrand Culloden Papers (1925) II. 14:
He came from Holland with his pockemantill on his shulder without aither horse or scervant.Abd. 1723 W. Meston Knight 4:
Bearing his Luggage and his Lumber; . . . In a Pockmanty or a Wallet.Peb. 1727 C. B. Gunn Linton Church (1912) 114:
The Session appoints the three ells of tartan to be made into a “pockmanty” for the other mortcloths.Sc. 1815 Scott Guy M. xlv.:
It's been the gipsies that took your pockmanky when they fand the chaise stickin' in the snaw!Ags. 1889 Arbroath Guide (5 Oct.):
Carryin' the pockmanty wi' sundry odds an' ends.Sc. 1893 Stevenson Catriona xxx.:
There goes no pockmantie out of this place.Kcb. 1893 Crockett Stickit Minister 69:
A man canna gang aboot six year wi' a pokemantie withoot seein' somethin' o' baith sides o' life.Fif. 1897 G. Setoun George Malcolm i.:
Is this a' your luggage — a kist and a pockmanty?
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