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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HOTTLE, n.¹ Also hottel; ¶hodle (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 80). Sc. forms of Eng. hotel, an inn (see 1824 quot.) (Cai., Abd., Fif., Edb. 1957). [′hɔtl]Sc. 1824 Scott St Ronan's W. i.:
They maun hae a hottle, maun they? — and an honest public canna serve them. [Note (1828): This Gallic word (hôtel) was first introduced in Scotland during the author's childhood and was so pronounced by the lower class.]Ags. 1833 J. S. Sands Poems 123:
An' in we gaed until a hottle, The Cornal orderin' first ae bottle. [Ib. 118, hottel.]Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 56:
Then came the paraud through the toon, and the halt at the various hottles and inns.Inv. 1895 Scots Mag. (Jan.) 90:
The gude doctor — him that's stoppin' at the big hottle.