rottan

'The taed may tell the poddock (frog) what the rottan (rat) did i' the taed's hole, my lord, 'said MacGregor, whom independence, honesty, bile, and drink combined to render fearless.

Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

She turns 't ower and ower jist like a muckle tyke (dog) worryin 'a rottan (rat).'

Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

"Ye plaguesome brat!" cried Auntie; "there has Betty been seekin 'ye, and I hae been seekin' ye, far an 'near, i' the verra rottan-holes; an 'here ye are, on yer ain father's buryin' day, that comes but ance -- takin 'up wi' a coo."

Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864

-- that is, I'm no feart at a dogfish or a rottan, but I wud tak tent an 'grip them the richt gait, for they hae teeth.

Malcolm George MacDonald 1864

"He kens the toon as weel's ony rottan kens the drains o '' t.

Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864