Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1922-1955
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SKITTEN, adj. Fastidious about food, squeamish in eating (Abd. 1910). Deriv. skittenich, erron. shitnich, id., delicate, sickly; as a n., a peevish fastidious child.Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 65:
A wee drap caul' water . . . gart . . . the bleed creep back tull her skittenich chouks.Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick vi.:
Contermashous little shitnich o' a crater.
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