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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Scottish.
  • adjective Offensive Frugal or stingy.
  • noun The people of Scotland.
  • noun Scots.
  • noun Scotch whisky.

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  • noun The people of Scotland.
  • noun uncountable Whisky made in Scotland.
  • noun countable Any variety of Scotch.
  • noun countable A glass of Scotch.
  • proper noun The Scottish dialect of English, or the Scots language.
  • proper noun chess, informal The opening 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4.
  • adjective dated Of or from Scotland; Scottish.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Contraction of Scottish.]

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Contraction of Scottish.

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