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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1632
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Sluttish, adj. [ME and e.m.E. sluttish (Chaucer), sluttysshe (1525), sluttish (1561); Slut n.] Slovenly or ? gluttonous. — 1632 Lithgow Trav. i 26.
They of the vulgar kind are both ignorant, sluttish and greedy
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"Sluttish adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 6 Apr 2026 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/sluttish>
