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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Outintounis-, Outtintounisman, n. Also: out(t)en-, owtin-, and -townes-, -eis-, -touns-, -towns-. [Outintounis a.] A man from outside the town. (Appar localised only to Glasgow and Rothesay.) 1556 Glasgow Bakers 59.
Nayne travellour … to sell the samyn [bread] to nayne outtintowneis men 1574 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 25.
Outtintownes men Ib. 28; etc.
Owtintownes men 1595 Glasgow Weavers 14.
Outtintownisman 1605 Glasgow Trades House 547.
All outentouns men that enters to be freemen … shall pay … twenty pounds 1605 Glasgow Weavers 3. 16.. Admir. Ct. Form 64 b.
As the baillies use to doe at the desyre off ane burges at ane outten towns man 1650 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 190.
They are to put a pairt of the stent vpon the outtintowns men 1655 Rothesay B. Rec. 5.
In wrong for buying the samyne to outintownesmen 1657 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 353.
Outtentounismane 1690 M'Nab Gardeners of Glasgow (1903) 6.
Their priviledges have not onlie bein abused and invaded by outtin-tounsmen and unfreemen