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: 1604-1609
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Snotty nosd. [17th c. Eng. snotty nosed (1610).] Having a nose liable to drip mucus. —1604-9 Grahame Anat. Hum. 30b.
Snotty nosd gentlemen with their drouping mustaches … becomes a harbroy [sic] to meldrops
