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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1700+

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Knackety, a. (? f. Nacket(t n. ball-boy at tennis, pert or smart child, mill-servant, ? influenced by knacky adroit, deft; ‘nippy’, smart; trim, spruce; witty, facetious.) —1719 Life and Death of Sharp (1719) 103.
Unto which he gave no other reply, but that he knew Mr Crofton, a little knackety body, just like Mr Henry Wilkie

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