Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1724, 1828
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†POTTINGAR, n. An apothecary, druggist. Arch. [′potɪŋgər]Sc. 1724 Ramsay Ever Green (1875) I. 109:
For Harms of Body, Hands or Heid, The Pottingars will purge the Pains.Sc. 1828 Scott F.M. Perth vii.:
I am but a poor Pottingar . . . Methinks, I can tent this wound, and treat it with emollients.
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